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Evening star., 1946-08-26

average girl now goes from the
school room to an ONCE and from
the office to the altar. She may be
crackerjack stenographer, or an
expert saleswoman, or skilled in
whatever line of work she has taken
up, but she knows no more about
making good bread than she does
about making an atomic bomb.
The result is that she sets her
husband down to meals that would
kill an ostrich, and by the time the
honeymoon is over he has acquired
dyspepsia and a chronic crouch. and
another marriage goes on the rocks.
Nor can you blame the man, be-
cause one of the things that he has
married for was to get the kind of
food that mother used to cook, and
when he doesn't he feels that he has
been gypped.
The surest way that any wife can
take to keep her husband Is to feed
the brute, and that is a tip for all
brides, and warning to mothers to
teach their daughters how to per-
form on the cook stove If they want
them to stay married.
Evening star., 1946-08-26
Rp A npeI0 Patri

Perfect cleanliness is demanded
for the health of young children
Babies must be kept cleaner than
clean. A wipe with a wash cloth is
not a bath. There must be plenty
of water, warm enough to be pleas
ant, good soap, and soft flannel
washrag and the baby should have
a bath that is bath, not lick and
promise.
About his clothing: Diapers should
be sterilized Those that are re-
turned from the baby's laundry
usually are but some folk wash out
one, hang 1t in the sunshine and
think it is clean. Better wash it
well with hot water and. soap, rinse
1t we'll, hang it in the open air, and
IRON 1t with hot iron. That is the
surer way if there is no laundry
service. Don't hang up wet diaper
and use it again without first wash
ing it. That would not be perfect
cleanliness and it might harm the
baby's tender skin. And it is not
clean.
Bottles must be washed thoroughly.
Not just rinsed. A bottle brush is
needed, and hot water All baby
bottles are sterilized, nipples washed
and dipped in solution prescribed
by the physician in charge. The
baby should not use any utensil that
has not been washed and scalded
before using.
These NAV seem fussV WAYS and il
Evening star., 1946-08-26

may be that grandmother reared
five sturdy sons and made no such
fuss. Whenever I hear about the
big families reared without precau-
tions for their health I remember
the mother who said proudly, Il had
10 children, I'm the mother OF 10
and I certainly know about babies. y
When she had gone home, the nurse
told me that she did have 10 chill
dren but only one was still alive and
he was the one we wanted to have
cleaned up. 1t is not the number of
children that count. 1t is the care
of the living ones, the quality of
them, that is so important.
Summer is hard on babies and
very young children. They should
be allowed to wear as little clothing
as is necessary to protect them from
sunburn, insect bites and poison ivy.
The clothing must be clean and it
should be loose enough to allow air
to circulate about the child's body.
A bath in the sea is fine but the
child must be guarded against sun
burn, crowds and dirty drinking
cups r.
Keep a watehful eye on the drink
ing cups, on the counters that sell
sweet=drinks to children and be sure
that the ,strictest precautions are
taken to keep the glasses, spoons
bottles and the like clean. Any
thing that touches little children
must be cleaner than clean.
Evening star., 1946-08-26

This picture Is an excellent do
and don't" example where care Of
books is concerned Because it's
such an excellent illustration We
are going to let it do the talking,
plus assistance from Hazel Dreis,
well-knoWn authority on books,
bookbindiug, and care of books.
According to Miss Dreis the open
shelves pictured are best for books
Unless actually imperative, because
of dust and other factors, the books
should not be placed in an isolated
room. Live in the room in which
you have your books. If it is not
comfortable for you then it won't
be comfortable for your books.
Books must breathe, not smother.
They should be placed as the book
shelves which are pictured-on in
side walls.
A lazy arrangement of books on
a bookshelf may give that air of
casualness that you desire in your
room. But beware! BY fitting your
books 0ook on the next to the top
shelf and the top shelf in the pic
ture) you wear and strain the
hinges. You are also liable to break
the covers of the books. If your
Evening star., 1946-08-26
Dorothy Dix Says

Dear Miss Dix: What do you think
of a mother OF six daughters who
has never allowed any one of them to
learn anything about housework? :?
She expects them to get married,
but she says that If husband can't
put up with wife who doesn't I
know how to cook 1t is just too bad.
I have taught my daughters how to
do all sorts of housework so they
won't feel handicapped when they
marry.
Which mother of us is right?
MRS. K. v.
Answer-You are about 100 per
cent, and then some, right. Any
mother who doesn't teach her
daughters how to cook and sew has
failed in doing her duty by them
because she has not prepared them
for meeting the inevitable problems
OF life that every woman must face
be she rich or poor.
There is no doubt In my mind that
much of the domestic unhappiness
that We see all about us, and many
of the divorces are caused by the
failure of mothers to teach Their
daughters to be domestic. The
Evening star., 1946-08-26

piece of tissue over it. Leave book
open while drying. Weighted down,
perhaps with a board. A drying
period of two hours will suffice here
in Washington. Always work from
the tear inside of the book out when
pulling the tissue off after it has
dried.
Women, frequently not knowing
the value of some books, just toss
them out or burn them. Not being
book collectors they know little of
the interest of the perhaps historical
material which usually is unpre-
possessing in appearance. They
throw them away believing them to
be simply more dust catchers."
Another Dreis suggestion is that
you use bookends. They will keep
your books from sagging and thus
protect them. Miss Dreis also sug-
gests novel way to make your own
bookendS. Get bricks Wrap them
in paper and then cover them with
whatever fabric will enhance the
color scheme of your room. Here S
not only a colorful note for your
book shelves but one that helps
/ your books.
Evening star., 1946-08-26

cover them put the ounces into
the kettle and let them cook until
fairly transparent. Leave the cover
off if you wish the ounces to be
reddish in color-a covered kettle
produces yellow fruit. Pack the
ounces in hot sterilized jars and
cover with the boiling sirup.
To make the dsmson preserves
wipe the fruit with a damp cloth
and prick each one several times
with a large needle. Weigh the
fruit carefully. Boil three-quarters
their weight in sugar with water to
make sirup-about l cup water to
each pound of sugar. When the
sirup reaches the boiling point drop
in the damsons, a few at time
Cook until the fruit is just soft but
still retains shape. Put into steril-
lied lars and seal.
Evening star., 1946-08-26
Bv EIeni Sakes

By Elem Sakes
books are too big or there is a
shortage of space in which to set
them upright, place them flat-one
on top of the other. They will not
suffer that way.
Several problems present them
selves here in Washington where
the care of books is concerned. One
is that of dampness. The thing to
remember is not to pack your books
too tightly. Second, If the books
have perchance become moldy the
mold should be wiped off of each
book separately.
According to Miss Dreis, books
should never be mended by an anna
teur. Ignorance can do much dam
age. If YOU do encounter tear
she suggests the following; No tape
Mix flour and water the same as you
would for gravy. Make it thick. Then
use a piece of tissue, larger than
your tear and cover the tear in the
book. Lay the sheet to be mendeo
underneath. A tear is always torn
on bevel. Using your finger, very
carefully paste edge of torn portion
Lay it down and then place another
Evening star., 1946-08-26
BY The Chef

brought back summer memories
when their contents appeared on
hot, faky biscuits on winter night!
Here are two of my grandmoth-
er's special recipes for damsons
and ounces that remain, forever my
favorites:
Pick out perfect ounces of a
bright yellow color and put them
in preserving kettle with water
to cover. Scald them for a few
moments. remove them and take out
the cores. Put the cores in water
and boil them for about 20 minutes.
Strain the liquid and add to it the
weight of the ounces in sugar.
/: Let this sirup cook down a little
and meanwhile peel the ounces.
When there is just sirup enough to
Evening star., 1946-08-26
Putting Up Damsons and Ounces

When I was a youngster I spent
my summers on my grandfather's
farm in Virginia. One of the
busiest spots, that lured me like
was the enormous, sunny
kitchen with its cleaning black coal
range, topped by a gently kissing
teakettle, and the big sanded wood
table in the center of the floor
Farmhands would come in loaded
with baskets of purple damsons
and golden ounces. And from my
grandmother's busy hands would
flow jar after jar of luscious jams
and jellies, purple and gold, to be
lined up on the shelves aof the
almost filled preserves closet.
Usually when I returned unhap-
PLY to the city two or three jars
were sent along with me as a pres
ent to my mother. How they
Evening star., 1946-08-26


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,ceH
Evening star., 1946-08-26
Readers Clearing House

Ut is the Stars own WMAL? Surely
those who don't like them have
knobs on their radios
SLEEPING BAG FOR CRIB.
From Mrs. C. j. H., Washington
May I suggest that you buy a
sleeping bag for your little boys
crib? My little girl is still sleeping
in hers at the age of 31a, and
could not get along without them
/ first had six bags-three knitted
ones for winter and three birds
eye ones for summer. Now she sleeps
in the bird's-eye ones all the year
round
The type she is in now (and I
think you would need this type for
a 4-year-old) does not cover the
entire bed as her first ones did, and
so gives plenty of room for squirm-
ing. You can put as many covers as
needed on your child in cold
weather and be assured they will
still be in place in the morning. Of
course, your difficulty will be in per-
suading your youngster to sleep in
one, especially if you have allowed
him to take toys to bed. This could
be remedied by not putting his arms
in for the first couple of weeks until
after he has gone to sleep.
X X X x
CYCLISTS IN TRAFFIC?
From D. T. D., Arlington)
Pedestrians are told to walk fac
ing traffic. Walk on the left of
highway is the safety rule. Why
isn't there rule for cyclists to ride
on the left, so they can see oncom-
ing traffic? I think it is most diff
cult to drive with these people riding
with the traffic. Just one glance
back and their bikes are apt to
swerve. And if they are hit, the
car driver is held responsible-prob-
ably on charge of careless driving.
X x
MOUTON COAT.
From Mrs. E. d. G., Rockville, Md. J
For Mrs. G. S. T., Washington.
I bought mouton coat in August,
1941, and have never regretted it.
The fur and the lining are still in
perfect condition. I should ex-I
plain, perhaps, that I am a house
wife and the coat has not had hard
wear. put it in storage every sum-
mer, have it cleaned and glazed
every other year. I don't consider
the upkeep expensive.
X X
CLEANING HARDWOOD
FLOORS?
(Frona Mrs. E. B. c., CheUer1g, Nd.
l would greatly appreciate any
advice you readers could give me in
regard to the cleaning of hardwood
floors before waxing.
X \ X
SHOWER CURTAIN?
From Mrs. A. NJ, Woshington.)
would be grateful if any one
could tell me how to take dark spots
from the lower half of my pink
shower curtain. The material has
a frosted" feel and appearance.
TRAINING COLLIE?
from Mrs. c. H. B., alexandria,
Could any one suggest any ideas
as how to break 1-year-8-month-
old collie dog from chasing cars,
trucks and children on bicycles? He
is thoroughbred and very intelligent.
\ * X
PASTRY HINT.
From M. E. NJ, Washington
1t could be that the pie crust
slips down because it's too tight
to fit" in the pan. Try cutting a
larger circle Of pastry. put it down
carefully in your pan Clipping it in
air gets between it and bottom of
(See CLEARING HOUSE, Page BID
Evening star., 1946-08-26
4, WASHING COMFORTER;
2, CHILD FEEDING BOOK.

from Mrs. NJ. o. c., Alexandria, J
Long ago some one asked advice
on washing a bays rayon comforter.
] was, pondering the same question
at the time and If she has not al
ready tried it as / did I can assure
her 1t can be done quite successfully.
picked nice sunny day with a
good breeze, using one of the new
"sefty" brands of washing COM
pounds instead of the usual soap
flakes. I simply squeezed the suds
through it several times then rinsed
it about three times until the water
seemed clear and hung it outside in
the shade to dry. BY gently squeez-
ing the bottom occasionally and
shaking it now and then as it dried
I managed to keep it so smooth
that it required no pressing at all.
For anyone cooking for baby or
small children I should like to rec
ommend Dr. Frederick Bartlett's,
Infants and Children, Their Feed
ing and Growth" 1t not only tells
what to feed them from infancy to
1E Scdl Dnt III ocIoh INV w PiS-
pare it and even how to make them
enjoy eating it. I can't imagine
ahyone's having feeding problem
With his advice to help her. There
Is much helpful material on other
points. but this feature alone is well
worth the cost of the book. It's hard
to find, and even the big downtown
bookstores usually have to order it
but it can be obtained on special
order in about two weeks.
Evening star., 1946-08-26
WATERMELON PRESERVES;
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

WA IERWtIUN PRESEh Ed,
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,
from Mrs. A. H. p, SilUer Spring. ]
Since I have not seen published a
watermelon preserve recipe as de-
licious as this I hereby submit it:
Watermelon Preserves: Cut up q
watermelon rind in small pieces and
soak it in weak hot brine for "a
hours. Grind the rind through a
coarse grinder and to 6 pounds of
ground rind add 5la pound sugar.
Evening star., 1946-08-26

Sheer corded cotton and linen with hens hand
rolled Hand embroidered monoeroms, style M-39.
Half dozen ------------------
Linen hondkerohiefs with hond-roIled hens, hand
embroidered with monogram style, M-ZO8. Holt
Fine corded cotton with hond-rolled hens. Mon
ogrommed by hand in style Mist. Holt
Evening star., 1946-08-26

From M. E, H., Washington.)
1t could be that the pie crust
slips down because it's too tight
to fit" in the pan. Try cutting a
larger circle of pastry, put it down
carefully in your pan Clipping it in
air gets between it and bottom of
(See CLEARING HOUSE, Page BID
Evening star., 1946-08-26

Linen hondkerchiefs with narrow hen,sttched
hens, hand monoerommed in style M-l2. Half
Linen hondkerchiefs with hand rolled hens, hand
worked in monogram style M-3. Half dozen, $500
Hondkerchiefs of hand woven sheer linen and cot
ton, hand -monogrommed in style M-39. Half
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-04-12

S7} Unidentified retailer: You can't pass on a sales tax on items under 50 cents unless you round it out to one cent. which OPA woa'5 permit. Half my sales are under 51 cents. This tax will hit the group Of retailers like me who have a high percentage of small sales uu- der 30 cents. Pm willing to pay my share for the veterans but I object Ito paying taxes on half my bust. mess when other retailers go free Q
 Extra Bookkeeping
 It also was established that Fed eraI Agencies could not be taxed by the Territory, that retailers ir mining and other specified lines would pay the tax without being able to pass il on. that the legisla- tors apparently overlooked OPA's influence on administration of the sales tax and that the levy woule entail a large amount Of extra bookkeeping
 The second big question raised was: Shall the retailers form a Merchants Association" but it al- so went unanswered.
 Former Mayor Ernest Parsou. urged that merchants organize or the spot and added that if preyiou. attempts to organize had mol beer defeated the merchants might hay prevented the sales tax from be coming law and also might hay, | forstalled the present shippinl crisis
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-04-12

1lld affect price ceilings and must be stated separately on invoices and recorded separately
 (5) Albert White, attorney and owner of the Bon Marche Depart ment Store. "I don't believe the laws legal at all. Besides, consmn- CTS could send outside and avoid .he tax I'm not going to pay it."
 (6) Bert Mcdowell, owner of Bert's Grocery: T don't feel I can assume the tax because in the first Flace the law was not passed to penalize retailers; and secondly, if ve absorb the tax now when we are all doing well we'll regret it later when goods are plentiful and competition keen again"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-04-12

Parsons was supported by J. B. Burford who called for a show of hands vote on organization which revealed approximately half the gathering were ready to organize. 4 supplementary hand vote on whether or not to pass the tax to the consumer was equally incon- clus We. although it was estimated that 60 per cent of those present We're ready to pass the tax or while the remaining 40 per cent either was unwilling or had not decided on the question.
 Queried on the dilemma of the small sales retailer who must ab. sorb the tax on 30 per cent of his business. Rivers suggested that the retailer seek a price adjustment with OPA and pointed out that sully's Bakery recently was per mitted 10 raise the price of bread from 10 to II cents per loaf.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-04-12
LEGAL NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that Lena McKibbon has made application for a Homesite Anchorage Serial Ol0sr7. under the act of May 26 1894 GAS Stat. S09) for a tract of land described as Tract "H' con taining 3.6S acres, embraced in U. s. Plat of Survey No. 2321, Wran- geu Group of Homesites Sheet No. 1, and eliminated from the Tongass National Forest February 26, 1944, by Public Land Order No. 210, and is now in the files of the District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely the above mentioned land should file their adverse claim in the local land office al Anchorage, Alaska, within the per iod of publication, or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statutes.
 GEORGE A. LINGO
 Register
 First publication Mar. 15 1946
 Lagt publication May 10. 1946
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-04-12
SALES TAX PUZZLES
 MERCHANTS IN KETCHIKAN
(From Ketehika Chronicle)

M ANAA AGlCuAhd CaA OulC1e
 How do We collect the new AL eskan sales tax? AS you make reg ular sales
 Do We collect 1t at once? Yes with each sale. except on charge accounts.
 Are lawyers and doctors exempt IT are their incomes deemed not to De salaries and wages, and thus are taxable? They must pay the tax and bill it to their clients.
 These and many other questions were leveled at The Chronicle this week after 8 editorial appeared ex. blaming that the new sales taA took effect April 1 and that mer. chants, professional men, contrac tors and all service industries art accountable for taxes on their sale: henceforth Most of them began collecting the tax this week.
 J. Ray Roady of the Ketchikar Meat company said he had started to collect a tax approximately ont per cent on ''all sales in the vicin ity Of $1.' He said the pubic com plaint had been heavy but that h, had explained it is the law. 9th CTS collected 1 cent on sales iron 50 cents to $1.5O, staggering tn amount as the totals rose.
 'I don't know how we're goini to keep books when we do botl wholesale and retailing" Road. said. Tt will cost us S3 or s4 pc day at least, plus lot of wastet time and lost good will'
 Lawyers were in to inquire a bout both their clients and thei own earnings. One said a sawmil was uncertain whether it was il retailing or wholesaling or woult be exempt on part of it's sales be cause they are not exported" an'
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-04-12

In briew summary. the following points few of the vital features which Sgt believes ing importance and therefore necessarily be promulgated for the best interests of the Territory a whole
 1. ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD LABOR LAWS TO SAFE GUARD CHILDREN EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRY. g. ENCOURAGEMENT OF JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES AS THE MEANS OF SETTLING DISPUTES UNI DERIVING ALL LABOR RELA TIoNs SHOULD BE THE PRIN CIPLE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
 g. IMPROVEMENT OF WoRKMENs COMPENSATION ACT TO PROVIDE FOR COMPENSATION PAYMENTS ADEQUATE TO MAINTAIN A DECENT LIVING STANDARD OCCUPATION AL DISEASES A SECOND INJURY FUND. AND AN ADEQUATE STAFF TO ADMINISTER THE OFFICE.
 A. ENACTMENT OF SAFETY STANDARDS, CODES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FL ANIMATION OF OCCUPATION HAZARDS
 5 PURSUAL OF vIGIANT PROGRAM OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH TO ASSIST INDUSTRY IN THE ELIMINATION OF IN DUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
 YOUR SUPPORT IS REQUEs TED.
 (Paid by supporterso K c. Johnson)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-04-12
isAIaB RAz GWEN mAUrINe
BY JUNEAU MERCHANTS

 JUNEAU Juneau's retal mer- chants, in standing -room-oriy session in the City Council cham bers this week dissected the new Alaska World War Il Veterans, Act sales tax but failed to reach any conclusion on the crucial question: Can the retailer pass the tax on to the consumer?a
 The following reactions to the question of the evening were not ed:
 Senator Allen Shattuck. "The legislature intended the public 10 pay the tax. If only the merchants paid the tax would be inequitab IT it's spread out it won't hurt anyone. We've got to make the public more tax conscious
 CD Attorney General Ralph Rig- CTS: This is not a consumers tax. This is a retailers tax. But the Territory doesn't care whether Ihe retailers absorb or collect the tax so long as It's paid"
 (3) City Attorney Howard b. Stabler: There are lots of bugs in this thing. The bill says specif- ically the tax is to be paid by the retailer. Only court can rule on it, but I don't see how the retailer can pass it on"
 0PA Viewpoint
 (4) George Rogers, Territorial Price Executive: It's not my job to give tax collection formula, but OPA has had phone calls ali day about the tax. Our position is that if the Federal Government does not prohibit the tax, OPA permits the retailer to pass it or to the customer; but the tax must be collected separately so 1t vii.