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Evening star., 1945-06-11

together, and work in the butter.
Add the milk and mix thoroughly
Combine sugar, berries, lemon juice.
Mix with the first batter. Pour into
a buttered mold, cover tightly and
steam for As minutes. Serve with
cream.
HOUSEHOLD HINT.
From Mrs. w. S., Hyattspille, Md.)
After reading the helpful sugges-
tionS from the RICH I have one
which I would like to pass on.
I have wire lines in my yard to
dry my laundry on, and which rust
tried painting the lines white and
it worked like a charm, as they can
be wiped clean and the laundry does
not have any dirty spots on it.
X X
CAKE BATTER HINT.
From Mrs. G. N. P, Washington.
A hint for getting that last bit OF
cake batter left in mixing bowl. A
piece of clean cardboard Gnside of
cereal box is f1ne) will pinch hit
for the rubber spatula, long since
unobtainable.
CORN COB" TOMATOES.
From Mrs. J. d. w., Alexandria, Va J
Mrs. c. r. A., Washington, asked
for repeat Of the instructions for
growing tomatoes over corn cobs.
For each plant dig hole one foot
square and three feet deep. In one
corner place a pipe or piece of hose
long enough to reach the surface SO
that water can be poured into it to
soak the corn cobs as their purpose
is to supply the plant with plenty of
moisture. Fill the hole at least
two-thirds full of corn cobs and
finish filling with earth. Plant to-
mato plant in center of square and
Immediately put in strong stake OF
trellis so the roots will not be dam
aged as is likely when the stake il
placed after the plant has grown
some weeks. One plant is supposed
to supply family of five with all
the tomatoes they can use.
Last year there were several in
quiries from people who want more
information about this method OF
growing tomatoes. My telephone is
Temple 1925 and I will be glad to
answer any questions.
The lady who sent in instructions
for the tie-on apron made out OF
one shirt must have misunderstood
the type of apron I described that
was made out of two shirts, and !
am wondering if others also mis-
understood. I sent in instructions
for pinafore-type apron that can
be worn with only a blouse for a
complete costume as we'll as over a
dress.
Evening star., 1945-06-11

washable, send the covers to Q good
dry cleaner, even il you have to
wait a long time for their return.
If the material proves washable
(preshrunk and color-fast), then
with care you can undertake the
job yourself.
Before laundering shake of loose
dirt and brush along piping. Rub
soiled places with thick
soap suds before immersing in tub
or washing machine. Use lukewarm
water and enough of your favorite
soap powder to make 2 or 3 inch
standing suds. Add approximately
a third OF package OF bluing fakes
in the suds to keep the colors bright
and make the white ground really
stand out. If you use q washing
machine don't run it too long
about to minutes is quite suf-
! flcient. However, If the covers still
look soiled, repeat the process.
Make sure all sudsy water is COM
| pletely rinsed out.
If possible, hang covers on
parallel lines, as demonstrated in
the photograph. Pin the top edges
to one line and the outer ends
Of the seat to the other. Pull
along the piping and adjust pleats.
This method Of hanging hastens
drying, helps hold the shape of the
cover, and makes the ironing job
easier, too.
We won't 60 into the method Of
ironing, but do want to pass on
this hint. If your covers have q
pleated f1ounce, stick bits of gum
med paper underneath and they
will stay in place indefinitely. Use
the narrow width paper that can
be purchased in rolls.
Evening star., 1945-06-11
Dorothy Dix
Says

Dear Dorothy Dix: am IT years
old and wish to enlist III the Mari
time Service, but my parents refuse
to give their consent-perhaps be-
cause I already have two brothers
in the service overseas. Two months
have passed since they refused and
have completely changed and do
all of the dreadful things I never
thought of doing before. I know l
am of to bad start. but I don't
care what becomes of me. I feel
that I am being cheated out of my
life's dreams and yearnings. What
is your advice? UNHAPPY.
Answer-Well, son, as you are so
near the draft age, my advice to you
is to have enough common sense and
endurance to wait for it patiently
instead of going of the deep end.
You are acting like a spoiled little
child and not showing the stuff of
which sailors are made.
Anyway. you must be animated
by patriotism in being so anxious to
| enlist and the best way you can
serve your country is by making a
fine man OF yourself. Character has
to be behind every act of the sailor
or the soldier to make HIM of value.
So don't you see that you are being
traitor to your country when, be-
cause you can't do at once what you
want to do, you take to evil courses?
No army would ever win a battle
If it were filled with drunken ado
lescents
So brace up and behave yourself
Get hold of yourself while there
Is yet time.
Dear Miss Dix: Can you tell me
what to talk about during a date?
I get tongue-tied when I go out
with boy, but everybody else can
think of snappy comebacks. All
can do Is listen. MARY ELLEN.
Answer-Well, you couldn't have
a greater accomplishment than be-
ing an intelligent listener. The
world is too full of takers, but lis
teners are few and far between
All that you have to do is to ask a
boy some questions about himself
and that will get him started. Then
| all that you will have to do will be
just to lend him your ears and you
will never lack for dates.
Evening star., 1945-06-11
By the Victory Chef

DC me JCfOI u Hcl
night and during the day and was
SKINNED, seasoned and turned into
cups just in time for the meal.
The salad, which was a master
piece, consisted Of big bowl of
chilled baby lettuce leaves, sprin-
kled ever so lightly with herb vim
egar. The yolks of 6 hard-cooked
eggs had been chopped fine and
combined with 3 or 4 tablespoons of
crumbled blue cheese. This mix
ture was tossed in with the lettuce
leaves. Then thinly sliced radishes,
a few raw spinach leaves and some
chopped chives were added.
Now, several pieces of freshly made
buttered melba toast were rubbed
with an onion and cut in half.
Garlic works we'll, too, If you pre-
fer it, The slices of toast were
broken into bits and added to the
salad. Then the whole was tossed
with a fine dressing made by mix
ing y tumbler mayonnaise. n a
glass sour cream, lemon juice and
vinegar to thin the mixture to a
"runny" consistency, a tablespoon
of sugar, salt, pepper and cayenne
to taste. This sounds complicated
Evening star., 1945-06-11
Readers Clearing House

dressing. I have found this to be
true. hope this helps you.
And now may give two recipes?
Blueberry Mullins: One-fourth
cup shortening (part margarine), "a
cup sugar. Beat / egg and add al
ternately with cup milk and the
following sifted ingredients: 2h
cups flour (sift before measuring)
u teaspoon salt, teaspoons double
acting baking powder, " teaspoon
salt
Sprinkle " cup -four over
cup blueberries and let stand Is to
80 minutes before mixing batter.
Add blueberries to batter last and
drop in hot, oiled muffin pans. Fill
" full and bake in 425 degrees oven
for 20 minutes or so. Makes 16 large
mufins.
English Pastry good meat
stretching dish.
Crust: Two cups sifted flour sifted
with II teaspoon salt, l teaspoon
soda. Cut in 4 cup shortening and
mix in scant ,. cup sour milk.
Roll into large oval or oblong and
place half in baking dish or pan.
Place following ingredients on this
half Of the crust.
Filling: IL cups sliced potatoes,
(raw) in layers, IL cups raw
sliced onions, arranged on top
Of potatoes, Ia cup chopped beef, or
ground If steak is unobtainable, on
top Of onions; u cup suet finely
chopped. Salt each layer. Allow
not more than S teaspoons salt in
all. Cover with remaining half of
crush and moisten edges and pinch
together firmly. (T.his is to keep
juices from running out) Bake in
very moderate oven, about 1926 de-
grees, for III hours.
This requires a lot of preparation,
but is complete meal in itself. Be-
sides, it's so good, it's worth it.
From Mrs. E. W. F., Washington. J
In answer to the questions from
Mrs. E. H., Washington, about dress
ing her baby and about ironing
diapers:
The best book have ever seen on
baby care in general and on the
growth and development of babies
is Babies Are Human Beings" by
Aldrich 81 Aldrich published by
Macmillan). It's author and his
wife simply sum up for parents the
latest findings of science, his life
time experience as pediatrician
and their experience in raising
their own family. It's all sensible,
practical, clear and fun to read. My
own experience is that babies are
always warmer than you think they
are, and that they need plenty of
freedom and fresh air and as few
clothes and covers as possible. Mrs.
E. HIS baby may be sensitive to
wool. So she could try eliminating
all-wool blankets and sweaters, even
at night. It's easy this time of year.
If her house is warm or baby is in
the sun outdoors and out of the
wind, I can't see that he ever needs
more than shirt, diapers and a knit
cotton kimono; less than that when
the weather is warm; nothing but
diapers when it's hot, or a thin
gertrude or slip to protect him from
mothers sticky hands when it's
really hot
Evening star., 1945-06-11

ADVERTISEMENT
Evening star., 1945-06-11
By Pepqp Roberts

This cuddly 8-inch doll and ward
robe will take wear and tear of be-
ing dressed and undressed many
times by her adoring mama. Easy
sewing.
Pattern envelope contains neces-
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tions.
Our 60-page multicolored book of
needle arts containing five free
patterns, and many other sugges-
tions for dressing up your home
and yourself is now available. Send
your request for this book to the
address listed below, inclosing 20
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mailing charges.
Send Is cents (coin) for Pat
tern No R2265 to Needle Arts Dept,
The Washington Star, P. o. Box
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Please include your postal zone
number
Evening star., 1945-06-11
POMANDERS:
"KQIACHESo2

from Mrs. F. F., Arlington, Va
If apples or cloves seem too Juicy
try the fruits from the ornamental
ounce bushes that bloom SO early
IN the spring-Japonica. These hard
little fruits have a fragrance of their
own, and are not so juicy that they
become sticky. Did you know these
spicy sachets were called "pomand-
er balls?
Does any one know a recipe for
Bohemian kolaches?
We used to buy them with prune
and cottage cheese filling.
would like to know how to get a
preparation known as "iron-rust
SOAP 1t is liquid and comes in a
tube. l used to use it and it is very
good, but haven't seen any for years.
TO Mrs. L. E. B., Washington. Very
handsome large candles can be made
from your stubs and drippings. I
have one which weighed four pounds
and has been in use for three years.
Melt your wax in can over hot
water. (There is danger of explo-
sion If direct heat is used) Skim
UIdlQ
them into long cord.
Take an oatmeal box or ice cream
carton and suspend this wick from
the center of the lid in such a way
that the end of the cord touches the
bottom OF the box. Cut hole at one
side of the center to use when fill
ing. II your candles were many COL
ors your wax may be an unattractive
shade. Use pieces of wax crayon
melted in the hot wax to color as
desired.
Let the wax cool until it will Just
pour, and fill your box through the
hole in the lid. When the wax hard
ems 1t will sink in the middle. (The
hotter the wax the more it sinks.) So
save half cup of wax or so to fill
this hollow as it forms. When hard
remove lid, and unwind" the car
ton from the candle. Don't try to
turn it out.
Small quantities of wax may be
nodded in jello molds, to make
floating waterlily candles. For this
suspend the wick from a skewer.
BLACKBERRY MUSH.
fFTon Mrs. E. L. E., Washington.
In answer to Mrs. w. F. S., Alex
andria, Va, am inclosing herewith
a recipe for blackberry mush found
in my Pennsylvania Dutch Cook
Book.
-Four cups blackberries, cups
sugar, l teaspoon lemon juice, l ta-
blespoon butter, cups -four, 4 tea
spoons baking powder, l teaspoon
salt. a cup milk.
Sift -four, baking powder and salt
Evening star., 1945-06-11
Bowed Legs And Knock-Knees
Often A Needless Defect

Doctors report that many a child with
ugly bowed legs or knock-knees might
have grown up straight and shapely
on diet adequate in the bone-build-
ing minerals and vitamin D.
Lack Of calcium, for instance, in
the earliest years may do irreparable
damage-but in any case, calcium is
70 vital factor that no child brought
up on . consistently deficient calcium
intake, can have much chance for
strong bones and sound teeth.
= That's one reason doctors talk so
mach about milk for growing children.
p Mf1k Is our best food source Of eal-
en. Do yosv ehildEsa ct esessh
Evening star., 1945-06-11


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 Cas,OeH.
Evening star., 1945-06-11
After Wedding Party

but is well worth the effort ex-
pended.
Hot muffins and big pot of bakec
beans were served with the salad
and coffee followed the ice cream
and raspberries.
Evening star., 1945-06-11

milk at least . quart every day.
Many children just don't like to take
that much every dayi That's why
Cocomalt in milk is so helpful.
Cocomalts is 10 rich in calcium, 1t
makes 8 glasses OF milk equal to a
tchole quart in calcium pnluel (Also
this supplies the days full minimum
requirements for iron, phosphorus,
Vitamin b and d. And Cocomalt's
delicious chocolaty flavor makes chill
dren love their milk.
Start your children on Cocomalt
today. Save this as = reminder.
Evening star., 1945-06-11
DRESSING BABY:
TIMELY RECIPES

41MCL1 / IL6S1I EnO.
From Mrs. w. B. D., Arlington, Va. J
have gained a great many help
full suggestions and excellent recipes
from the RICH, but haven't felt
qualified to write in until now.
In response to Mrs. E. HIS queries
concerning the dressing of infants,
excellent booklets on these subjects
may be obtained from the District
Public Health Service. They are
entitled Bathing Your BabyAthe
Right Way 1ast page devoted tc
diaper washing) and Common Sense
in Dressing Baby" by Louise zabris-
kie, r. N. Sun drying kills germs
and helps prevent diaper rash; iron
ing makes diapers less absorbent
AS to clothing baby: My 4-month-
old girl wears this outfit day and
night: Diaper, short-Sleeved cotton
shirt and cotton knit wrapper. On
cold, windy days when outdoors she
wears a bonnet and sweater and is
covered by cotton receiving blan-
ket and thin wool one. Indoors
and on moderate days outdoors
use only the cotton blanket; on
warm days, only cotton sheet. And
when too blistering hot outdoors ]
keep her in during the middle of the
day. She hasn't had prickly heat
nor cold yet. Babies are naturally
hot little creatures and, as a rule,
embarrassing is better than over
Evening star., 1945-06-11
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Applications for the future
RCH book haze been fled for
Mrs. J. H. B., Mrs. E. W. F.,
Washington, Mrs. w. B. D., Mrs.
z. M. X, Arlington.
Our thanks to Mrs. w. c.,
Washington, 1Dhose information
Das similar to others previously
received.
Information sent in BY the
tollo1oing has been forwarded to
the readers for t0hon, it iDas in
tended Mrs. w. J. R., Wash
fngton, Mrs. W. M. F., SilUer
Spring.
The Apache sentinel., 1945-04-13
!, AW 81 Bill and GI Douqh

everybody with vision and hearing good enough
to him into the service has lot of stories
about the CT Bill Unfortunately many of these have
created false impressions.
The legislation provides certain opportunities for vets
who qualified take advantage of them but does not
that anybody into bank and get loan
gust because he's ex-serviceman.
The fact that the future Of the individual soldier bound
depend mostly himself His chances of securing loan,
like his postwar chances general going to be 10000
better he has planned his financial future while the
service
The money you put into Soldiers Deposits War Bonds
and Class Allomens helps to provide sound financial
base which build after back into civilian le And
you try negotiate G oan the money you've saved in the
Army do convincing talking for you.
The Apache sentinel., 1945-04-13
Warning From the Pacific
From Pearl HarbOr Banner)

The war in the Pacific is terrific We're win
ming battles right and left. The Japs are reeling
under tremendous naval and land blows. They're
getting the stuffing licked out of them
Nimitz and Macarthur are tearing great
chunks out of the co-prosperity hide. They're
pushing daggers into the heart of the japanese
empire. Things are popping and booming and
blasting in the great wide Pacific, and the u. S. A.
is making 9944 per cent of the noise It looks like
the war will end sooner than we think.
Yes indeed And that's exactly what we were
saying few months ago about the war in Europe.
It's time we took off our hats and wiped the
victory sweat from our brows. It's getting into
our eyes.
The Apache sentinel., 1945-04-13
ICome Alone

The golden sunlight trails across the darkening sky
The night draws down upon the world
watch the stars like phorous burn and die
And feel the sadness of the night uncurled.
This vastness round about me alive,
Each thing beauty, carved pure stone!
Yet, tread meath these hills and strive,
Unhailed, alone came alone.
You the things you loved, and laughed and sighed
And someone brought them to your feet tonight!
But mine dreams for which strove and cried.
And none were there to make the sorrow light
Tn mountains that climbed within my soul
You never knew, alas such heights exist!
But have stood, strength grded strong and bold,
To meet the laundering hour of my trst!
For me- and these you writhe your hands and mournr
came alone / came alone!
here is star to point, alas,
Nor crowds to cheer nor slow my ceaving aim,
But you, in laughing friendship still abask!
And know the Tightening ease Of charm and fame!
This path of hopelessness, tread so high,
And all my faith and pride will not atone
Amid the stiffness Of it's ruins, cry
! came alone came alone!
Your heart will sound it's anguish for too!
How strange to think that stumbling might fall!
The heavens grant for me, minute clue!
For me they ache; For they call.
| will not cast my burden down and flee
Where would run? Or how postpone?
Here through the je~eled night of dark eternity,
| came alone! came alone!
BY Pvt. Johnnie Erwin WAC
The Apache sentinel., 1945-04-13

Definition: Provost marshals Of
fice-Where the stew of the night
meets the officer of the day.
Overheard in the blackout:
g.. and furthermore, Cpl, that
is not one of the Four Freedoms"
Note found on a girdle in a rubber
collection: 'I hope this makes Hitler
as uncomf as it did me-"
The yardbird says: "Our mess
sergeant can really dish it out
but can't cook it,"
He gave up liquor, wine and food.
He never went to bed;
He swore off smokes and women,
too,
He had too-he was dead!
On clothes she spends her tender
Because this truth she's found,
A dress can make a girl look
slender
And hundred men look round.
No, Gwendolyn, boycott is not a
male davenport.
81 went from door to door col
lecting magazines for the salvage
| paper drive and Cne girl threw
me out!
For collecting magazines"
Yeah, / took too many Iber-
ties"
The curse of drink is being stuck
with the check.
Fvt. "The sergeant just cured
my lumbago."
Cpl: That's good. How did he
do it?"
Pvt: "He told me we don't have
to move those crates after ALL"
Love will fly if held too lightly,
Love will die if held too tightly,
Lightly tightly . how do
Whether I'm killing you or letting
you go.
A young stenOgrapher oversight
cne morning and dashed madly
down to the kitchen in her sheer
est pajamas to gulp down a cup
of coffee.
Suddenly she heard footsteps on
the lack pCrch-masculine, heavy
and slow.
"The ice man." she thought in
terror of discovery. No time to
flee. Just enough time to step in
side the closet. The footsteps did
not stop at the icebox but ap-
4 preached the closet. The door
opened.
The poor little StenO screamed.
1t was not the ice man at all. 1t
was the man who came to read
the meter located in the closet,
"Oh, my goodness" she stam-
mered, 81 was expecting the ice
man."
Lucky dog" said the meter
reader.
The Apache sentinel., 1945-04-13
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,... q SDE

chaplain reported to his COM
manding officer: Il think we have
the morale of the men too high,
sir. They want to know if it's true
that they might have to go back to
civilian life some day"
Mae: you've got to hand it to
him when it comes to petting."
Fay: whats the matter with him
is he that lazy?"
Many wealthy civilian gives a
girl a wonderful present. And
many CT gives a girl a wonder
full past.
GI: While we're sitting here in
the moonlight I'D like to ask you
a question
WAC (breathlessly) "Yes?"
GI: Couldn't we move over? I'm
sitting on a nail"
They tell a tale about an RAF
officer who was picked up tearing
around a hotel corridor in the
nude chasing a girl in nightie.
At the court martial, his lawyer
got him off by reading reguIa-
ton that says: "Any officer may
appear in public suitably clad for
the sport in which he is indulg-
ing"
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-04
Minor BIazes
Exfinquished

A fire in the area way OF the
Cady Mccoy drug store, % S.
Gratiot was extinguished this
morning before it had a chance
to penetrate into the basement
cf the store.
Leaves, paper and bits OF
wood were on fire when the
Mount Clemens fire department
arrived on the scene at 1905
this morning, Fire Chief Ed
mund Smith said that booster
line was used to extinguish the
fire.
The fire chief said that the
blaze was probably caused by
q cigarette thrown by passer-
by. The fire was just beginning
to eat its way into the basement
when 1t was put out. No damage
was caused to the store.
The fire department was also
summoned to the home of Mrs
Martha Peltier, 81 Miller stree,
yesterday. The Peltier residence
was full of smoke due to a
blocked chimney, Fire Chief
Smith stated.
The firemen put out the fire ir
the furance and urged the own.
ers of the house to have their
chimney cleaned.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-04
Memphis

MEMPHIS - Mrs. William
Vincent was hostess to the Just
amere bridge club Thursday
rught. Prizes went to Mrs. Ches
ter Shirley, Mrs. Hllda Thiele.
Mrs. Floyd Smith and Mrs. Fred
Denote.
Miss Louise DiSmore Of Yps'-
lanti spent the weekend here.
Mrs. Harry Kolts, who recent
ly moved to Richmond, is spend
ing several weeks with her hus-
band, Pfc. Harry Kolts, in Der
mott, Ark.
Pic. Howard Dunsmore, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Duns-
more, is now serving as an ex-
pert auto mechanic near Mum
ich, where European Air De-
pot is being built.
Billy Stephenson Of Detroit
visited his grandmother, Mrs.
Laura Stephenson, Sunday. Cal
vim Ainsworth of Chicago was
also a guest in her home.
Ross keenan, has returned
from Drummond Island with a
deer.
b The Memphis Lions club has
decided TO hold benefit party
at $3.50 p. m, Dec. %, in the
Community building.
Otis and Leo Dunsmore have
both returned with a deer.
A new choral society, called
the Harfa Choral Group, has
been organized and will meet
every Thursday night and Sun
day afternoon in the home Of
Mrs. Jane Augustyniak. Twen-
ty-five young people have join
ed. Officers are: President, Wal
ter Wayne; vice-president, Ar
thur Kus; secretary, Miss Helen
Rogos; treasurer, Rita Scheman-
ski; financial secretary, Mill Lii
liam Major. William Przybylo Is
director and Robart Jaworski Is
pianist.
I Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Loeffler
and children returned to Lam
sing Thursday after a visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. David Barnard.
The Capac Lodge F. e. A. NJ.
conferred the M. NJ. degree in
the Memphis Masonic Temple
Saturday night.
What Is There Left?" was
the Sunday morning topic of
Rev. II. II. Cheney in his sermon
at the First Methodist church
here. The Congregational SER
mon subject was THE Eyes Of
the Beholder," preached by Rev.
Thomas Vernon.