Evening star., 1946-04-16

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on all summer. Unless the moths are
already in the furniture, I'm sure
you will have no trouble.
MEAT BALLS?
(From J. B. F., WGshington.)
Spaghetti, with meat cooked in
the sauce, has been well covered in
the RICH, but now, will some reader
please contribute the recipe for
making the meat into balls to be
cooked in the sauce which is the way
I prefer it. I have eaten these meat
balls when they tasted as If they
had been marinated and I would like
to achieve this result.
To me the Clearing House is
much more delightful as a miscel-
lany than it would be with certain
subjects for certain days. The va
rious points Of view, problems and
solutions are a cross section of mod
ern life and living with a neighbor-
illness and sense of human adven-
ture that stereotyping would de-
stroy.
LOCKING CAR DOORSs
(Fron, Mrs. M. v. M, Hyatts-
Diue, Md.)
First let me say that I enjoy RICH
immensely and I am wondering If
any of the readers have solved my
problem. We are buying our first
car and have ordered a four door.
However, friends tell us we should
get two door, since we have small
children and it is much safer. But
We have elderly people to consider,
too, and We thought a four-door
would be more convenient for them.
Now the problem: Aside from re-
moving the inside handles on the
rear doors, is there any inconspic-
uous way Of fastening them SO chill
dren can't open them and fall out?
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CLEANING BRICKS?
From Mrs. D. H. G., Alexandria,
Will some Of you kind readers
who have proved by past contribu-
tions to be good interior decora-
tors, please help me? I have an
OLD red brick fireplace f1anked on
either side by built-in bookcases
painted white. I should like to do
something about the dirty red bricks.
Could they possibly be painted
white? If I did that, 1t would
probably look badly after while
as the white became smoked up
from the fire. Any suggestions will
be appreciated.
X X
FEEDING 2-YEAR-OLD?
From Mrs. J. P. D., Washington
Id like to ask someone's help with
the problem of feeding my 2-year-
old son. He has his dinner at noon;
his supper is the problem. I hardly
know what to give him as he is on
a milkleSs diet and that includes so
many things. At what age do chill
dren eat the same foods the rest
Of the family eats? So far I have
only given him canned baby foods.
Thank you for any help you can
give me.
BURN ON FURNITURE.
(From Mr.. J. w. H., Arlington.)
In answer to the burn on furni-
ture, this can be filled in with what
we call stick shellac and then pol
ished. Can be easily repaired by
furniture repair man, one expert
enced in touching up furniture.
CLEANING COPPER.
From Mrs. v. d. P, Falls Church,
To Mrs. B. S., Washington, the
quickest and simplest way I know to
clean copperware is to sprinkle a
little table salt on the freshly
washed piece to be cleaned. Pour a
little vinegar over the salt and rub
quickly with the fingertips until all
the stain vanishes and the copper
part Is cleaning again. My mother
used this method on her copper
bottomed aluminium ware and it
worked like a charm. Try it on
pennies for the kiddies to take to
Sunday school. You can make the
vinegar and salt solution in larger
pan for awkward pieces and dip
them in 1t and rub the corners with