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out stirring, until the temperature
220 is reached. Skim, and if neces-
sary, strain through cheesecloth.
Cool to 180 and add / tablespoon
glycerine. Can be kept in sterilized
jar for future use. Add l z teaspoons
of this mixture to your melted fon-
dant, stirring only enough to blend.
Gives a gloss and helps to keep it
soft and mellow.
Keeping baby covered: I pur-
chased an inexpensive cotton blan-
ket, such as is used by some people
as winter sheet, cut it across the
center, hemmed the raw edges, and
got two nice blankets which are
easily laundered. When making the
bed, lay the center of the blanket
on center of bed. raise mattress and
drop excess under (wall side of crib
The loose end is folded back on bed
and covered with spread When baby
is in bed his weight holds the end of
the blanket in place Take loose
end, raise mattress and drop under
baby's body to meet other end of
Evening star., 1945-03-22

chairs that don't twist our stockings
completely around, every time we
cross our legs. -. That forgotten in
dividual, the underweight, is the
subject of the February March is
sue of Better Nutrition" put out
by the Nutrition Service, D. c. Chap
ter, American Red Cross. You may
think being svelte is the surest
road to beauty-it may also be the
surest way to poor health, for YOU.
/. There's fine leafiet being put
out to aid you in planning your
Passover meals under rationing re-
strictions. 1t includes menus,
recipes and other helpful suggeS-
tions. 1t may be obtained free of
charge by writing the ONCE of the
New York State Emergency Food
Commission, 247 Park avenue. New
York II, N. Y, and asking for Pass
over Meals Within Your Present
Ration" Heavy demands from
the armed forces for campaign rib
bons are further cutting supplies of
rayon yarn for civilian goods, a trade
journal reports. That's q cause for
which we'll give up any rayon.
cheerfully and gratefully.
Evening star., 1945-03-22

into thoroughly sterilized jars and
sealed Immediately. In cold pack
ing, place the cold fruit into the
jar and cook (process).
The hot pack" begins with a
short precooking. The boiling hot
product is packed into sterilized jars
and processing is resumed imme-
diately. The methods of processing
are: Pressure cooker, hot-water
bath and oven canning. Apples may
be hot or cold packed by any of
the three methods.
Wash, pare, core and cut apples
into desired size: Put them il o
a weak brine OK teaspoon salt
each quarter of water until all
ready. Drain the apples on a clean
cloth. Then proceed to use method
desired.
Processing time: Hot-water bath,
25 minutes: pressure cooker,
pounds, 10 minutes: oven. $50 F., rs
minutes OK hours.
Thin sirup-l part sugar, parts
water; boil. Medium sirup-l part
sugar, 2 parts water; boil Heavy
sirup-1 part sugar. l part water;
boil.
With today's sugar shortage, use
the thin sirup. Or corn Sirup may
be used as a sugar-stretcher. If not
sweet enough when opened, add
sugar then. For applesauce. it is
not necessary to use any sugar. This
may be added when used.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
By Betsy Cas,CeH,

are the same in color. Weight for
weight, they are about the same from
a nutrition standpoint. The shell
and membrane on the turkey egg
is a bit tougher than that of the
chicken egg. . Any pressure can
ner guage which has not already had
its checkup should be given one
without delay. The canning season
will be upon us before we know it..
Ask your county home demonstra-
tion agent, your local dealer or util-
ity company, or even the manufac-
turer about checking. 1t is best to
get the guage checked locally when
possible, as packing 1t for shipping
Is a meticulous task. :. One of the
big airlines has had great success
cooking hot casserole dishes in the
same round 8-ounce paper con-
tainers in which the food is served
aloft. . A publicity blurb on eur
desk announces that "Tomorrow's
railway trains will be truly femi-
nine, with an alluring richness of
color tones in delicate ornamental
tions." Well swap the color for
Evening star., 1945-03-22

Most bakeries In the United States
nowadays have hot cross buns for
sale on Good Friday-but, in my
opinion, they are not as good nor
as authentic as the ones I have had
in England, made from a long
cherished, old-time Chelsea recipe
Brought up to date a bit, in tune
with modern commodities, here it
is:
Two cups of milk are scalded and
put into a bowl with one teaspoon
salt, "a cup sugar and "a cup short
ening. These are mixed well and
then allowed to cool When just
lukewarm, crumble into the mixture
1ia cakes of yeast and stir in 8 cups
OF sifted -four. Beat all this good
and hard
Now add 2 eggs, lightly beaten,
cup OF washed and dried currants
and Il cup of shredded citron. You
may flour these fruits very slightly,
II you like, before adding them to
the dough. Three more cups of flour
are stirred in slowly until the dough
is thick enough to be kneaded.
Turn it out onto a Toured board
anu kIicdu III llSIltly LOT several mln-
utes, then shape 1t into biscuits or
small fiat balls. Put these into a
creased pan--a muffin tin is fine
cover them up and let them rise
until they are doubled in bulk.
Make deep cross across the CEN
ter of each bun with sharp knife
and brush the buns over with the
yolk of an egg mixed with table
spoons of milk to give a nice glaze.
Bake the buns in a moderate oven
for about 20 minutes
Then, while they are still warm,
glaze further with the white of the
egg, beaten with little confection-
er's sugar.
If you like, you may outline the
cross with strips of citron, instead of
putting it into the dough, or you
may choose to follow the markings
with white icing. in England.
though, as a rule, the slashes were
enough to indicate the cross. The
buns must be served hot or warm
at least and if you've any butter
saved up. now is the time to use It'll
Evening star., 1945-03-22
CREAM PUFFS,

W1Shtngt0n.J
Seems as though Mrs. H. N. r.,
Washington, has had trouble with
her Cream Puff recipes. I am sub
mitting my recipe, which has worked
perfectly for me: 4 cup butter or
margarine, " cup hot water, u cup
all-purpose -four, unbeaten eggs,
u teaspoon salt. Heat butter and
water and salt IN saucepan. When
butter is melted, add -four all at
once, stirring vigorously until ball
forms in center of pan. Remove from
fire, add the eggs at time and beat
after the addition of each egg. The
mixture should be very stiff. Meas
tire heaping tablespoon mixture
Cor smaller quantity for smaller
puff and with aid of another spoon
drop onto a creased baking sheet.
Continue until all the dough is used.
Bake in a moderate oven (375 de-
grees) for 80 minutes. They should
be light in color and free from beads
of moisture.
I use vanilla ice cream to fill with
and top either chocolate sauce or
crushed strawberries. Delicious!
X X X
BUDGET FOR THREE?
REQUESTED by Mrs. J. }. r,
WdShington)
Does some one know how I can
obtain an outline for a household
udget for family of three?
X
MARROW BALLS.
Thanks to Mrs. L. M. M,
Mount Rdinier.)
A reader asked for a recipe for
marrow balls. My grandmother
used this recipe: Cream table
spoons marrow and / tablespoon
butter. Add about tablespoons of
cracker crumbs Cor enough to hold
the mixture together as eggs vary in
size), 2 eggs, tablespoon chopped
parsley. u teaspoon salt. pepper and
season with nutmeg. Let stand sew
eral hours in the icebox, then shape
into small balls and drop into boil
ing soup for 10 minutes.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
One a Penny, Buns

With Good Friday just a week OIL,
it's time for us to be thinking about
those traditional hot cross buns.
For years, in London and all over
England (but not, am told, in
Scotland, the morning Of Good
Friday has been ushered in with
these hot, spicy buns. Back in the
old days, when the pastry cooks
cried their wares in the streets, the
air resounded with the chant Of:
..One q penny, buns,
Two penny, buns,
One q penny, two q penny,
Hot cross bunsp
Not only the pastry cooks sold the
buns-plain citizens went forth with
the nights baking and sold as many
as they could to passersby. For
centurl and half Chelsea was most
famous for its buns, which were
made and sold at the Old Chelsea
Evening star., 1945-03-22
CHILDREN VS.. HOUSE.
(ThankS to Mrs. C.. C.. S.,

For quite some time I've gotten
help from the RCH, so now wish
to share some of my experiences
with Mrs. S. N. W., Landover Hills,
Md, who inquiries about schedules
for busy mothers. Since I am the
mother of four children, the oldest
of which is not yet five, and the
youngest 10 months, and since
seem to have plenty Of time for the
things I want to do, such as church
work, gardening, etc, perhaps I
have found a workable schedule.
My secret for keeping children
too young to help out of mischief
and from under foot is to keep them
plenty busy with their own activi-
ties and toys. Mine have lots of edu-
cational toys, tricycles, large cars,
scooters, etc. Many of these were
bought secondhand. Their large
swings and sandboxes were built by
their father. They have pets. dogs
and bunny-I have no outside
help but all the modern conven-
fences which make housekeeping
easier. When I work, I expect the
children not to bother me, which
they gladly do because they know
that the sooner I get my work done
the sooner I have time to play with
them, but give them occasional op-
portunities to learn to help"
Schedules must allow for extras.
For example today, the baby was
sick so I had little time for the
older three so after the bahy uas
comfortably put to bed, the older
ones had the neighbor's children in
for home movieS-just half an hour.
On evenings when daddy" is out I
do some extra work after supper
Tonight it is ironing, which was
not done because the baby was i'll.
(Thanks to Mrs. E. W., Arlington. }
To Mrs. S. N. W., Landover Hills:
I'm glad you asked how some read
ers of the RCH keep such wonderful
routines with small children. I've
been wondering silently myself and
you encourage me to become .ar-
ticulate. I don't think yours Fare
demons any more than mine are, and
according to the books, any young
child who isn't underfoot, noisy, de-
string and demanding, is sick either
physically or emotionally. Some
women may be able to keep their
young in play pens either docile
from long confinement, or ignore
their screaming. I never had mine
in pen as I think that with rare
exception they tend to repreSS a
Evening star., 1945-03-22

BONBON COATING.
KEEPING BABY COVERED.
(Thanks to Mrs. c. O'M.,
Odenton, Md
Answering the readers request for
bon-b bon coating, my candy recipe
book gives this recipe: The coating
is made by melting cooked fondant
in double boiler with water just un-
der the boiling point. Care must
be taken not to let the bottom of
the mixture become liquid. Stir so
Evening star., 1945-03-22
By the Vicfory Chef

y
Bun House. Rival bun houses later
sprang up and competition for top
honors in making the bake-goods
became fierce.
The history Of the cross bun goes
back to the time Of Cecrops and the
''1iba" offered to Astarte-and may
be traced for centuries thereafter
through the Jewish passover cakes,
the eucharistic bread mentioned in
st. Chrysostom's Liturgy and the
cross-marked buns found at Hercu-
laneum. 1t is said that the cross
marks followed the original decora-
ton of the horns of the sacred OK
of Astarte's time and actually were
used by the Greeks to make the
division of the bun easier-long be-
fore the Christian significance was
attached to the symbol.
Evening star., 1945-03-22

blanket. If the child plays or gets
uncovered, I wait until he is asleep
and then make sure ends are under
his body and he stays covered all
night-no pins-no tapes-no wear
and tear on mattress and bedlinens.
This Is fine when baby is too old to
be kept in manufactured sleeping
overalls The purchased blanket
was double bed size. Finished cut
blankets double-bed width. half
length.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Peanut Butter Cookies

quired; light sirup cuts down on
sugar; and, of course, drop" cookies
require minimum of time and
effort to make. Use two spoons to
drop the stiff batter onto the baking
sheet to help keep cookies uniform
In shape and size.
The combination of peanut butter
and date flavor Is pleasing, but II
dates are not available raisins or
currantS may be used. Serve with
glass of milk for afternoon snacks,
as dessert or pack in the lunch box.
These cookies keep and carry well.
PEANUT BUTTER DROP
COOKIES.
MAKES about 4 dozen 2-inch
cookies.)
u cup shortening.
y cup peanut butter.
n cup sugar.
" cup light sirup.
2 eggs.
/ teaspoon vanilla extract.
l cup dates, finely cut.
2 cups enriched -four.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
" teaspoon salt.
\ cup milk.
Cream together shortening and
peanut butter. Add sugar gradually,
creaming we'll after each addition
Add sirup slowly, beating well. Beat
in eggs, one at a time. Blend in
vanilla extract and the finely cut
dates. Sift -four Measure and
sift together with baking powder
and salt. Add sifted dry ingredients
alternately with the milk to first
mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls on
a creased baking sheet. Bake in
moderate oven 1850 degrees F. for
about Is minutes.
Evening star., 1945-03-22

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. B. C.
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that the fondant will melt evenly.
When all is melted and thin enough
to make a smooth coating, dip nuts
or bonbon centers.
If satin finish or shine is want
ed, first prepare mixture of II cup
sugar, u cup water, tablespoons
white corn sirup, and stir until sugar
is dissolved. Continue cooking, with
Evening star., 1945-03-22

A new recipe for peanut butter
drop cookies saves fat, saves sugar
and saves time.
The peanut butter itself substi-
tutes for part of the shortening re-
Evening star., 1945-03-22

child and give it feeling Of not
being wanted and not being part
of its parents life.
Young children need very much to
feel they belong and the best way
to give them this is by physical
contact of great many hugs,
rompings and playing with. How
does one get ones work done? One
doesn't. I spend all my waking
hours with her, playing, supervis-
ing, going for rides or walks on
nice days and having her little
friends in or taking her visiting in
bad weather.
While she mapped I ate my lunch,
prepared dinner and If there was
any time left over. did few house
hold chores. Once a week she spent
a day on an exchange basis with
friend who had child of her
own age, but even on this day I
much preferred to go downtown to
shop and lunch, as / felt I needed
the change and the house didn't.
When I'm lucky I have a maid
once a week, otherwise nothing gets
done except dishes and bed making.
My advice to mothers is to put the
children first and the house fifth
or sixth. A mother who tries to
run the house with one hand and
the children with the other will
find herself cross and irritable, far
out Of proportion with the offense
itself, when child spills milk or
breaks something. Once you make
up your mind that you are going
to do nothing but take care of the
children, the little accidents can
be smoothed out without ruffling
either your own or the children's
nerves. Many mischievous acci-
dents can be avoided by being on
the spot, thus seeing them coming
and diverting the child before it
does too much damage.
incidentally, this constant atten-
ton properly administered does not
make a child too dependent on it's
mother. Mine will spend whole
days at other peoples homes and
will let others feed and put her to
bed evenings when we go out.
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FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Whenthe San Francisco Conference ends the delegates
will have experienced their first day of school, for the study
complex problems of world peace and for the develop
ment of curriculum for permanent school.
Everyone everywhere should clearly understand that this
Conference the important international meeting in
history.
be thankful that our nation is represented by wise
and experienced with sincere desire for peace.
and the other nations have the same type of rep
resentation.
The Conference will furnish the leadership and the pan
but peace depends upon the peoples of the United Nations
upon their will peace upon their sacrifice for peace upon
their works of peace.
The difficulties enormous some of the problems
not be solved immediately and compromises will be made by
all nations in order arrive conclusions that will be fair
to all countries
The Conference cannot enduring peace But it
will lay the foundations for plan for peace to be put into
effect possible and which we and future genera
tons of the world must maintain
Let us be sparng criticism and generous with our
encouragement and constructive suggestions.
And above all let pray that the thinking people of the
world will take advantage of the opportunity afforded by the
rst DAY of school" and build continuously toward an en-
during peace.
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TROOPS
ENCIRCLE BERLIN
Continued from Pare One),


Red Army in nearly fours years
of war.
AS the fantastic battles above
and below ground inside Berlin in
creased in deadly fury, the burn
ing German capital was encircled
IN swift wheeling movements
around the western suburbs by
Konev's First Ukrainians and Mar
shall Gregory K. Zhukovs First
White Russian Army.
Even as Nazi Propaganda Min
lister Goebbels was broadcasting
empty promises that reinforce
ments were on their way and was
exhorting Berliners to hold out, the
combined Soviet armies s1ashed
across Berlin's last westward COM
munication links with Brandon
burg.
Zhukov's tankmen thrust II miles
south from captured Nauen and
seized the Hawai- river fort of Mar
quandt, five miles northwest OF
the great southwestern suburb OF
Potsdam.
At the same time, Konev's Army
smashed 10 miles northward from
Beelitz below Potsdam, broke
through a defense line south of
Schwielow See and crossed the Ha-
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Mazis Give Up To Tanks
7oEscape Russian Fury

other patrol sent out from Amari-
can divisions along the Nude riv-
er line had reported contracting the
mysterious Soviets, who apparently
were moving at leisure toward the
historic junction.
what kind Of a war is this?"
one patrol asked in a report. eve
are moving down roads between
lines of fully armed German in
fantry in good shape and they don't
want to fight-they just want us
to help them. Help them get away
from the Russians"
Streams Of German soldiers,
fleeing German families and freed
Allied prisoners of war and slave
laborers pushed along the roads
pointing back at a city near the
Nude where other troops were
waiting to surrender on "uncon-
dition'' terms-about which no
Wehrmacht soldier even wished to
bubble, as long as it got him, il
prisoner cage and safely out of
reach of the Russians. ,
One seth Division patrol, led by
Capt. George Morey Of 400 James
Street, Dumont, N. j., met up deep
inside the German rear positions
with another patrol led by 1t. Ed
ward A. Gumpert of IL Ardsley
road, Glen Ridge, N. j., and Ma
jor James r. Sykes OF 600 Cherry
Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
They ran into a company OF
German infantry and heavy Wea-
pons company, fully equipped with
machineguns, nortars and brand
new automatic rifles from which
no bullet had been fired.
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WITH U. S. FIRST ARMY BE-
YOND THE NUDE RIVER.

YOND THE NUDE RIVER,
April 25.-lR-First Army patrols
probing for junction with Soviet
forces on the Elbe river today met
hundreds Of panic-stricken. fully.
armed retreating German troops
who surrendered at every oppor.
tunity without firing a shot.
Our order of the day this morn.
ing was not to fire on American
troops but. only to fire east toward
the Russians" said one German
soldier among the masses giving
up and marching back across mo
mans land'', without guards.
During the day. Nazi discipline
broke down completely and wave
OF hysteria swept over German
civilians and German soldiers Mv-
ing and fighting in this corridor
OF fear" between the Nude and
the Elbe rver, where American and
Soviet forces are rushing toward
a linkup of the Eastern and West
ern Fronts which will cut Ger
many in half.
The fear was fear of the Rus
slams. Germans by the thousands,
in and out Of uniform, started: an
oklahoma land race for the Am
erican lines, pell-mell flight I'M
like anything else in the history
of the Reich.
Two patrols of the 69th Division
totalling some 40 men, rode in
highly-armed jeeps through the
German rear lines without meet
ing either resistance pr Russians,
and at 2:45 pm. this afternoon no
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vel river, winning suburban Ket-
Yin, II miles east Of the great city
of Brandenburg.
Along the Havel river, the steel
ring around Berlin's western an.
proaches was five miles wide. Nine
miles to the north, Zhukov's troops
broadened to the band to 10 miles
between Nauen and Falkenhag gen.
four miles west of the ordnance
center OF Spandau. In the area,
Zhukov's men also captured Elstal.
Roehrbeck, Falkensee and Lager
Loeberitz near Berlin's western
city limits.
The dramatic enlightenment end.
ed all Nazi hopes of rushing rein
forcements to the trapped Berlin
garrison except by air, and Der.
Inns airfields repeatedly were filled
with planes evacuating high Nazi
officials.
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WAR PRODUCTION
LET-UP REPORTED
CONTINUED from Page One)

3. Undersecretary of War Patter-
son announced the Army will cut
it's supply orders substantially In
the next 30 to 80 days.
While the announcements indi-
Gated no change in WPB's previous
estimate that war requirements
can be cut back by IS per cent
soon after VE-Day, they disclosed
that specific steps to that end rap
idly are being outlined. Snyder
told reporters after his talk WIN
Mr.. Truman that his commune
is awaiting a final determination
Of Army needs in view OF the
bright picture on the Western
Front before framing its appro-
priatiops for the next fiscal year,
beginning July.
He said, however, that big cuts
inevitably can be made aitef emo
of the European war, without IN
terfering with a total fight again st
japan. The European struggle Is
costing this country $2OO, oOo'o oo a
day, Snyder said.
underse tary Patterson's
statement disclosed that the Ar
my's reduction in requirements
will be geared to dwindling Ger
man resistance and not be depen-
dent upon a full stop in hostillties.
He said existing orders will be
:: ur,hctantial amounts"
which are expected to lessen tne
number of major changes that VIII
he reouired after VE-Day.
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$500

An unusual collection OF several hundred dressey reduced
from high 49, and marked down sell tor these
low prices during this Clearance Sale Pastels, Whites
Spring Styles in both the Junior and the Missy sizes
Some large sizes too The sale is limited only to those
dresses the racks during this period. -