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Evening star., 1945-05-14

are still available. although the
latter are q little difficult to obtain.
However, II outdoor dinners are to
be the family speciality this summer
1t Is good plan to buy inexpensive
colorful pottery plates and picnic
cutlery. This saves good silver and
makes dinner a little more appe-
tlzlng, for there are many things
which are not especially attractive
on paper plates. These picnic ac-
cessories may be packed efficiently
in a small suitcase or basket to be
ready for each occasion. The more
expensive basket containers are al
ready fitted with necessary items
and have a special place for each
article.
To make cooking over an open
fire even more fun, secure some
long-handled forks, holders and
spoons. The double "hot puppy"
holders and hamburg cake turner's
are made of metal and are equipped
with extremely long handles so you
don't stand too much of a chance
of getting burned. Heatproof mitts
are good idea, too.
Ia SoaitPo1 LcoA WIFI Ob1lST places,
Washington inhabitants suffer little
from mosquito bites. However, there
seemed to be more of those little
monsters around last year than
previously noticed. Just to be on
the safe side, stock up on a repel-
lent cream that comes in a cosmetic
type jar and is stainless as well as
greaseless. Apply it generously to
all exposed parts OF the body and
rub it in thoroughly. Allow a few
minutes for absorption. Eating out
doors is fun, but not If you're a
meal for a mosquito!
Evening star., 1945-05-14
Buffet Supper Easy to Cive

A buffet supper is really one of the
easiest and most pleasant forms of
entertaining, especially as the eve
nings grow warm and guests like to
wander out on porches or terraces
with their well-filled plates In their
hands.
A young man Of my acquaintance,
who enjoys giving buffet parties,
evolved a menu for one he threw"
last week that is worth recording, as
it avoided many of the trials Incl
dent to rationing and shortages.
With the cocktails he served
shrimp, hooked all around the rim
Of a bowl filled with a sharp cock
tail dressing. There were potato
chips, too. lightly busted with Just
a Whit of cayenne, and tiny cream
cheese balls with pearl onion hid
den in their middles.
There were then cups of hot con-
somme for those who wanted it and
Evening star., 1945-05-14

A fresh beef tongue was soaked,
then boiled until tender, trimmed
neatly and the skin removed. Into
a mold large enough to hold the
tongue was poured a thin layer of
aspic. The aspic was made by
soaking / tablespoon of gelatin in
a cup of cold canned consomme
Heat enough consomme to make
pint in all to the boiling point. Sea-
son 1t with dash of Tobasco, salt
and pepper. Then add the con-
somme in which the gelatin has
soaked. Stir until gelatin has dis
solved entirely.
When the bottom layer of aspic
was just set. the tongue was put
on top and the rest of the gelatin
mixture poured over it. Then it
was tucked into the icebox to hard
en- before unmolding it on the plat
ter for the party.
Evening star., 1945-05-14
EGG SHAMPOO?

miss J. B., Alexandria,
I would appreciate it If some one
would tell me how to make egg
shampoo and how to apply 1t to the
hair. Thank you.
Evening star., 1945-05-14
FOR THE BOYS.

mrs. w. W, HyattsUille.)
The soldiers in nearby hospitals
are in need of certain articles which
are practically impossible to buy,
These are: Fishing tackle, casting
rods, used golf balls, driver clubs,
harmonicas, portable electric vic
trolas.
If any of your readers have any
of these articles to donate, 1t would
be appreciated if they would call
me at Warfleld 1446, or else mail
them to the American Red Cross
County Service Building, Hyatts-
vile, Md.
Evening star., 1945-05-14

behind them too harshly. Often the
engagements were entered into un-
der the compulsion Of war hysteria
The lads were going away to far
and strange places, to a life that
would be different from anything
they had known. They were already
homesick and they wanted to have
some woman to cling to, to write to
them, to in wav belong to them,
and so they became engaged to girls
with whom they had never even
thought themselves in love.
But in your case the boy seems to
have no vestige Of manhood or de-
cency, or he would have told you of
his change Of feeling and would not
have let you suffer the humiliation
of coming to marry him and finding
him already married. No man could
do lower trick than that, and If
you let this poor specimen of hu-
manity ruin your life. you will be as
great coward as he Is.
Evening star., 1945-05-14
By the Vicfory Chef.

cups of jellied soup for those who
preferred that.
The main dish was a superb plat
ter Of tongue in aspic, surrounded
by wreath of well-chilled mixed
vegetable salad, dressed with may
onnaise to which mustard and a
few herbs had been added. There
were hot biscuits to go with this
already split and buttered, with a
sprig OF watercress sandwiches in
each.
For dessert our host fell back on
that ever-refreshing standby - a
mixture of fresh fruit served in
pineapple shells, with gingerbread
warm from the oven.
AS the tongue was about the only
dish that was at all complicated to
prepare, you might like to know how
it was done
Evening star., 1945-05-14
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Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address.
We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
Ing House are not necessarily
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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NONSTARCHY MENUS FOR
TWO?

NTS. q d., W UsTtHtytOHI
Miss N. F. c., Gaithersburg, Md,
does not use enough grease in her
waffle batter If she will add four
tablespoons Of grease melted to her
batch, she will not need to grease
her iron at all. Even little more
than that is good. Try it-after all
It's the grease you put into the bat
ter that makes good waffle!
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linens and my towels?
Thank you for all the wonderful
answers that always come in!
X Il y
! GREASE ON FRYER;
COMPANY DESSERT.
From Mrs. F. C. D., Washington J
I should like to add my bit to
RICH. 1t is surely great page.
To Mrs. E. r. S., South Arlington,
concerning grease on fryer. I have
a set of heavy aluminium, including
two frying pans, which I keep clean
by burning off the brown spots that
accumulate. Turn burner on full
and set pan to one side SO that blaze
goes to top edge of pan. AS one
space burns clear turn to another
space, and be sure not to let one
spot get too hot as it may cause
pan to warp. This may not work
after an accumulation of 10 years
grease, but it is worth trying.
have a recipe for a cake put
together with a cornstarch filling.
topped with meringue and chopped
nuts. 1t was clipped from the
Ladies Home Journal several years
ago and is simply called company
dessert" and if it has another name
am sure none could be more fit
ting. My children really go for it in
a big way, second helpings are al
ways requested.
Cream together u cup shortening
and u cup sugar. Add egg yolks,
beaten, and l teaspoon vanilla Sift
together l cup flour, teaspoon bak-
ing powder and 4 teaspoon salt.
and add alternately with table
spoons milk. Spread In two 8-inch
layer pans creased and Toured.
Beat 4 egg whites until stiff, add
cup sugar gradually Spread over
each layer and cover with chopped
nuts. II have used nearly every
kind of nut except peanuts. They
are all good)
Bake y hour in moderately slow
oven (325 degrees F., turn out care
fully. Cool. then put together with
custard filling.
Filling: Combine 4 tablespoons
sugar, 2 tablespoons cornstarch and
pinch of salt, then stir in 2 egg
yolks and 2 cups of milk. Cook
over slow fire until thickened. Add
! teaspoon vanilla.
SHARE FLOWERS.
From Mrs. S. c. S., Arlinqton.)
To the friends and many readers
of the RICH: Some time ago shared
some August lilies, and it gave me
great pleasure to contact and cor
respond with such appreciative
people.
I now would like to share some
lilies of the valley and fall asters.
The fall asters are getting quite
large now, and should come up soon.
You may write me care of the Clear
ing House.
y +
CHILD'S PRAYER.
From Mrs. c. W. B., Washington. J
For Mrs E. F. D. of Mount Rainier
who asked for children's prayers,
I'm sending some that my little girl
learned.
Jesus Saviour wash away
All that has been wrong TODAY.
Help me every day to be
Kind and gentle. more like Thee Amen.
Our Father. Thou has given me
So much love and JOY today:
Nv parents, friends, and my happy play.
Thank YOU for these gifts to me,
Make me good and kind like Thee. Amen.
An easy prayer before meals is:
fold my hands, bow my head
] thank Three, Lord, for daily bread.
Amen.
HOOKING RUGS.
From Mrs. F. p. A.. Falls Church,
| feel as if I must get into this dis
cussion on hooked rugs because I
! think have worthwhile coptri.
Evening star., 1945-05-14

BY Pegey Roberts
For all of these reasons you'll be
tickled with this apron pattern: A
pretty line, usefulness. carry-all poe
ket, takes l yard of material.
Pattern envelope contains hot-iron
transfer, tissue pattern for apron
plus full directions for the above.
Our 60-page multicolored book of
Needle Arts containing five free pat
terms, and many other suggestions
for dressing up your home and your
self is now available. Send your
request for this book to the address
listed below, inclosing 20 cents in
coins to cover the cost and mailing
charges.
Send Is cents (coin) for Pattern
No. R2253 to Needle Arts Depart
ment, The Washington Star, Post
Ofiice Box 172. Station D, New York
., N. Y. Please include your postal
Zone nunahax.
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THREE QUERIES?

, From Mrs. E. S., Fort Beluoir.j
I'd like some help. First of all,
does the lady who suggested the
ammonia treatment for ovens know
If it's all right for the oven of an
electric stove? 1t sounds like just
the method I need but I wouldn' t
want to hurt the electric coils, etc.
have some oiIcloth seat covers
for my kitchen chairs. They stuck
and pieces of the oilcloth are Ill
over the seat. Can any one tell me
how to clean this off without spoil
ing the pretty light finish of the
chair? And how can I prevent this
in the future?
Now my last problem-I will soon
have to pack up and go home to
mother" for the duration. I have
settled what to do with mostly
everything except my linens. How
Evening star., 1945-05-14
GRAHAM DATE LOAF

(Fro1n Mrs. P. L. r., Silper Spring.
Some one recently requested the
following recipe:
One pound graham crackers
ground, ! cup chopped dates, l cup
broken nuts, u cups marshmal allows
tcut). "a cups milk Gust enough to
roll Loaf.
Roll 3 inches in diameter and
wrap In waXed paper until ready to
slice. Chill Serve with whipped
cream! It's delicious!
APPLE PIE.
From Mrs. Fl. M. G., Gaithersburg.
For Mrs. c. E. R., I am sending
In my recipe for apple pie. 1t has
never failed me. This recipe is for
an 8-inch diameter pie tin. One
and one-half cups slightly cooked
apples, l cup sugar az cup granu-
lated and "a cup brown, u tea
spoon cinnamon (mixed with sugar.
2 level tablespoons butter. If she is
low on sugar, as some. of us are, she
may use cup molasses or / cup
honey as a substitute for sugar. If
Mrs. c. E. r. desires a thickening
she may add tablespoon of minute
tapioca to the sugar. But the filling
usually thickens while baking.
I enjoy reading the RICH every
evening. Sorry it isn't printed on
Saturday and Sunday!
X
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Special information and in
ouiries sent in by the tolloWing
haze been forwarded to the
readers for Dhom they ,Dere in
tended.
G.. G., PnrcellDille, Va: Mrs.
n. H., Brookepille, Md; Mrs. H.
C. K, Mount Rainier; M. A.,
BoydS, Md: Mrs. A. T. T.. Ken
sington; Mrs. r. La F. T., Hyatts-
pille; Mrs. w. G. r.. SilUer Spring;
Mrs. M. L. W., Mrs. r. L. T., Mrs.
J. r. ", Mrs. C. II. A., Mrs. c. H.
Mrs. w. F. H., Arlington.
Applications for the future
ECH book haze been filed for
Mrs. S. d. W.. Lorton, Va: Mrs.
J. D., Greenbelt;: Mrs. L. H. P,
CheUy Chase, Md; Mrs. J. G.,
Mrs: r. G., Mrs. M. M. H., Wash
tngton.
The union times., 1945-05-05
The Labor Press

The nations labor press has been under discussion Washington PO defending the daily press against charges that is sunder the thumb of advertisers, influenced by brbes color the and owned by big capitalists have monopoly of freedom of expression" added that every U S. class and special interest group liberty publish papers and pamphlets and does
 Said the Post: elf the labor press in the U s. weak is not because of obstacles legal financial its upbuld ing It is owing the lack of strong support from American public for this type of newspaper
 To the latter part of that statement east labor editors will give grudging It is
 And while it is easy, and comfortable, pass sponsbiy for this condition ohers the cry that he people just aren't educated to apprecang the labor pres it will hurt labor editors study the of Interior Secretary Harold Icke the labor press which he praises.
 Ickes the up thus: 'The big obligation of labor papers is, my mnd the task of maintaining plete integrity and honesty in the presentation of labor If this goal be attained and mainained the labor newspapers of the U will win, only the respect and admiration of their subscribers but in addition, revolution the of by many of the daily newspapers may we'll result"
 In other words-patience, and keep plugging! verse in the Union Tnes and pass the paper who doesn't get it after you've finished The millennium will
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LITTLE LUTHER

~I glad to is gOOd good, cabnet" said with satisfaction. $" didn't know he'd announced anything like tha Little mari
 "Why, of he hasn't Luher slowly All his friends, of radio a sharp swin to the right"
  might last three weeks, Roosevelt wouldn't l944 going to hades in wheelbarrow, anyway?" 'Ihey can't always be MT. DIworth sFor a cync have a lot of optimism Pop." T have grounds They Mr. Truman is going
  though Luther ''Thas boy' DiIworh interrupted YOure always thinking Never do good might Never held by myself" "Thas obvious" said Little Luthe "But thought the constitution three departments and Now Pres abolish 's only hope" admitted Mr. DIworh spite he going
  
  and the first thing you'll thinking
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AS WE SEE IT

members of organized labor was given by Harry Feinmark to the congregation of the First Baptist Church in Bridgeport Sunday night.
 WHEN A FILLER gets into the paper without jim-dash any thing can happen; even this in the AtIdnta (Ga.) Constitution .. at the tail end of dispatch from Paris: ''In the last weeks, even party officials were sentenced. Several Nazi mayors were shot or hanged before their own offices for deserting posts without orders.
 Prompt action is necessary in replying to the attractive offers of the Constitution Want Ads"
 FARM land values continue to boom. They are now @ per cent over the l935-l939 average, II per cent of the gain having been made last year.
 The Bureau of Agricultural Economics declares that farmers are doing little buying of land. The speculators, it said, are city folks seeking ''hedge'' against possible infiatiOn.
 WE don't mind the President of the United States talking to him. self in his bathtub, but we think it would be more dignifed if he did mt have all those ''inside' column ists hiding in the drain pipe to report what he says to himself.
 IN the March issue of Ne,us Pis, published for those who shape the Ne,Os, New York's picture news paper, pictures taken in the stereo- type room show the employees Wear ing aprons which read: s'Read the VesU York Mirror.
 FOR YEARS, the MOntrose (Cal.) Herald has conducted Bet ter Business Bureau. Recently woman gave $500 to a gyp for half-interest in a mythical busi- ness, and then the man skipped town. When the victim came to the HeraId's BBB with her tale of woe, the editor asked: s'Why didn't you investigate first? Didn't you know about our service?"
 ''Oh, yes," she replied. ''I've known about the Bureau for years. But I was afraid you'd tell me not to do it.''
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(Continued from Page One)
 AUCIE JOHNSON, business agent of New Haven Carpenters, No. 79, and Mrs. Johnson, were happy people this week. They re- ceived word that their son, John R. Johnson, Aerographer's Mate, 1st Class, who has been in the Navy since early in 1943, would be home this weekend. Johnson has been in the South Pacific for the last nineteen months.
 HEADLINES of note in the na- tion's press recently:
 More Meat, Says one Bureau, Not So Much, Says Another
 so CONSUMER
 BOTH EATS AND
 HEARS BALONEY
 Denver (Colo.) Post.
 MARRIED 2 WOMEN
 AND REMAINED SANE
 Somerset (Pa.) American. Vast Assault on Ruhr Starts: Industrial Area Caught in Vice
 LOckpOrt (N. Y.) Union Sun
 & Journal.
 HARRY FEINMARK has re- ceived the following letter from Secretary of Labor Frances Per- kins: 'I am very pleased to learn that the labor groups in COnnecti- cut secured the passage of little Wagner Act by almost unanimous vote of both houses of the Legisla- ture. This action indicates clearly that good educational work has been done by you in building up support for your legislative pro- gram. It augures we'll for a ready acceptance of the provisions of the act by employers and workers in the State.''
 RUSSELL BLANCHARD of Portland, Me-, settling political ad- vertising accounts for Maine's Governor Horace Hildreth after his election campaign, inadvertent- 1y mailed check for $500 instead of $7 to the York (Me.) Weekly Ne,Us. Shortly afterwards, Blanch- ard received this brief note from the editor: s'Thanks for the $500. You have bought my paper"
 AN inside picture of the work ings of trade union, and how un- ion leaders handle grievances, and perform other services for the
The union times., 1945-05-05
On nTheScene
 In Washington
By Travis K. Hedrick

While the U. s. Veteran Admins tration is taking a general beating in the press and on the air these days, another agency just as lax and just as badly handled, has been getting by Scot-free.
 Watch for a demand soon for a thorough-going probe of the U. S. Civil Service Commission, which is weighted down with hoary rules, limited by ancient prejudices and snarled in official red-tape. Civil Service has been lousing up the federal picture too long.
 FDR Wasn't Told
 When Banker Jesse Jones engi- neered the deal by which the giant monopoly, Aluminium Corp. of America by-passed its sole US. competitor Reynolds Metals, by seeing that a $50 million contract went to its Canadian subsidiary, Aluminium Co. of Canada, he did so without full authority.
 Federated Press has learned that the late. President Roosevelt knew nothing of the deal until nearly two years after the conract was signed, and that Jones waS on the carpet for it before FDR died.
 Details of this shady transaction have been hidden, but you can watch for some important revelations in the near future. It is just another of a series of reasons why Jones was busted.
 Kilgore Pulls Wires
 Sen. Harley M. Kilgore (D.W.Va.) is working overtime these nights to win support for his ambition to become the next Sec retary of Labor. KiIgore hopes to gain enough labor support to in- sure him the job when Pres. Tru- man accepts the resignation of Mrs. Perkins.
 Churchill and British Unions
 A storm is nearing in relations be- tween Prime Minister Winston Chur- chill and the British labor movement. The reason lies in Churchill's refusal to meet a demand of the British Trade Union Congress to modify the Trades Union Act of 1927. After juggling the issue throughout the war, Churchill recently committed him
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self to a final rejection of the labor movements plea.
 Back in 1926 Churchill led the Conservatives in their war on the British unions, and if he is named the leader of a new government after the coming elections, British opinion is that he would resume his struggle against the labor move ments.
 The fight, however, would not be called war on trade unionism, but rather a war on left-wing trade unionism.
 New Anti-Labor Bill
 An innocent-appearing House Bill, HR 2788, has been unmasked as an- other of the long series of anti-labor moves in Congress.
 Rep. Hugh DeLacy (D.Wash.) a member of the Intl. Assn. of Ma chinists, is making a careful search for union-busting legislation. He found this one had been offered by Rep. John W. Gwynne (R.Ia.). Cwynne's bill simply calls for an amendment to Title 28 of the US. code to limit the filing of civil suits to a period of one year after they occur.
 What DeLacy found, However, is that the lumber interests were active in support of the measure, writing congressman that if the bill is not passed, westcoast lumber unions may be able to collect portal-to-portal pay for several years back under the wage & hour law.
 Other labor actions in civil cases
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the forthcoming national convention Of the International Association of Machinists (AFL) to be held during July in Canada. The city will be named soon. DeLacy was elected by his own local, Lodge 79 of Seattle.
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would be similarly effected if the Gwynne bill is passed, and unions are working on the question.
 Delegates to Convention
 Rep. Hugh DeLacy O., Wash.) has been elected a regular delegate to