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Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

/~ KoMEWHERE, long ago.
M read the story OF hero who
Nu\ returned from the wars
~ loaded with medals and boast.
n full that he wasn't afraid Of
49, anything. "Have you the
courage" friend asked, ito 60 to the
opera In yellow shoes and a tailcoat?"
The hero admitted he hadn't
The herd instinct is strong in US; the
instinct to conform, and do, say or think
what Is customary and popular.
Lately, someone sent me an an
nouncement Of a coiffure that the New
York Hairdressers' Association had de-
cided upon for every fashionable Amer
ican woman" Dollars to doughnuts. il
has become general.
Because that's what they're wearin."
my sex continues to suffer throughout
the summer In about the same clothing
II puts on amid snow and ice Cap
tain Richards used to walk along
torrid Fifth Avenue in white trousers
and tennis shirt and was viewed either
with disapproval Of his eccentricity or
admiration of his bravery
~ UR inability to conceive that any
body may want what isn't wanted
by everybody extends to comic
extremes. like one egg for break
fast, and I have spent most Of my life
trying vainly to get 1t in hotels or res
taurants Over the length and breadth
OF our land, eggs are regarded as Siamese TN'
not 10 be parted because of the idiosyncra
OF a guest Two boiled eggs are what the
wearin'," and you'll take 'em and like it.
AS a speaker. I've attended S,o21 public
ners; SOFT Of them began with fruit-cup
Such Standardization may be but minor
tation in physical matters, but IL becomes DEF
able. and even dangerous, when it freezes
minds.
Has II occurred to you that most OF us ]
the same books and see the same plays?
theatrical manager will tell you there's no lor
q chance for the production that falls to win
most unanimous acclaim Either everyone {
or no one goes. II you needn't fight to oo
tickets, or pay spectators rake-offs, the p
closed last Saturday.
Publishers find their potential patrons s.
ming lists Of best sellers, and being governed
cordinely. Book Of the month clubs detern
what you should read. and you read II. A !
Usher sells 5000 copies or 100000; there's '
little middle ground.
A CELEBRATED newspaper correspond
~ whose name escapes me wrote of the
mans that democracy forced them TO
as individuals to think and make decisions,
that was too difficult I wonder whether
isn't becoming equally true elsewhere.
AS youth, visiting the sage in New Jer
saw an. inscription composed by Thomas
Evening star., 1946-03-07
Report to the Housewife

The f1re-swept New Center Mar
ket has risen, phoenix-like, from
its ashes, and you'll find number
of the dealers doing business at
the same old stands-debris and
all. Telephone service to the mar
ket has been restored, and doing
the ordering by wire one fails to
realize the wreckage that really ex-
lists at Fifth and K streets. A
salute to the marketmen who have
refused to be licked, and are gall
lantly doing their best to keep their
customers supplied with good things
to eat!
The overall food picture in
Washington this week does not
show any great changes from last
Many foods are on the scarce side,
due to strikes, transportation diff
culties and other factors. Lamb is
about the most plentiful meat to
be had, with some beef also avail
able in most markets. Veal and
pork, as well as smoked pork prod
ucts are shieSt of all.
Poultry continues to be the big
news, with bakers, Stewers and fry
ers to be had in abundance. Some
markets have the small broilers, too.
Ducks and few turkeys are noted
here and there. Chicken by the
piece is, of course, one of the most
popular of all poultry items. Eggs
continue plentiful.
For lenten menus there is good
supply of cottage cheese and fair
group of other cheeses. Butter and
margarine are still scarcer than the
proverbial hens molars, with other
fats and oils following suit.
Fish in the plentiful category are
croakers. sea bass, butterfish, Span
ish mackerel, buck shad and perch.
Fillets include cod, founder and
perch. There is some good rockfish
about and oysters are abundant
although the price remains high.
Little or no shrimp, or crab meat.
The produce lineup seems pretty
strong. Snap beans, broccoli, cauli-
flower, beets, cabbage, carrots, peas
Evening star., 1946-03-07

this one really has the true coffee
flavor. Especially good to have on
hand when the iced coffee season
rolls around. j.. . . Here's how to know
when the griddle is just hot enough
for the batter when making pam
cakes and waff1es-Test with drop
of water. When the water on the
griddle bounces in a lively manner,
the metal is at just the right tenn
perature for the batter. :. Turkey
pOults for your next Thanksgiving
dinner are already being shipped by
air to ranches in Utah and other
Western States, to be grown and
fattened to the proper proportions
demanded of the holiday bird. . &.
In addition to using bottled or can
ned apple juice as beverage, try
combining it with other juices in
making a punch; for basting fowl or
ham; as the liquid in gelatin des-
serts. Apple juice makes wonder
full sherbet to serve with roast duck
or pork that beats the traditional
apple sauce all hollow. -.
"If each American family would
save just one slice of bread a week,
100, 600, 900 loaves would be saved in
a year. Or, to estimate by the day.
if each family would save half
slice day the saving would amount
to half million loaves daily" So
says DR.. Hazel Stiebeling, Chief of
the Bureau of Human Nutrition and
Home Economics, U. S. Department
of Agriculture
Evening star., 1946-03-07

I can remember when avocados
were rare and wonderful delicacy,
brought, usually, to northern climes
by travellers to Mexico or Florida
and eaten with the reverence of a
true gourmet by those who had ac-
quired a taste for the exotic fruit.
(To those whose taste was unedu-
Gated, the avocado resembled moth
ing SO much as bit of rather bland
soapD
Nowadays, avocados are plentiful
In our markets almost all the year
around. They come from Cuba,
from Florida and from California.
They are not expensive and can be
enjoyed by the average family as
often as desired.
Native OF Mexico, Guatemala and
the West Indies, the avocado, the
fruit OF the tree "persea americana"
OF the family Lauraceae came by it's
common name as Sound-Substitute
for the Aztec "Ahuacatl" It's other
name, alligator pear" probably
arose from the pear-like shape of
many varieties, plus again a play on
the Aztec term. The fruit first be-
came known to Europeans as far
back as 1919, through explorers re-
ports, but was not cultivated in the
United States much before 1900. De-
velopment started in Florida and
along about 1910 similar paintings
were begun in California. The in
dustry now has grown to enormous
proportions.
There are many ways of serving
the fruit, including using chilled
avocado balls in hot consomme as a
luxurious dinner party touch. The
BrazlllanS, who are very fond of
them, use them almost as a dessert.
mixing the pulp with liqueurs, sugar
and so on and freezing it almost to
a mousse. A delicate soup may be
made from the avocado, too, which
Is OF creamy consistency and faint
ly green in color. Visitors to South
and Middle America, as we'll as
Mexico, have found many delightful
dishes prepared with the fruit. I
have several unusual recipes of this
type, and if you would like to have
them, just drop me line, in care of
The Evening Star, inclosing a
stamped, self-addressed envelope
with your request.
To most OF us, however, the avo-
cado is supreme in salads. The true
gourmet prefers to prepare his this
way:
Cut the avocado in half, length
wise, when it is at its peak of ripe
ness. This is determined by taking
the fruit in the palm of the hand
and gently exerting pressure. If it
yields firmly but at the same time
softly, over the entire fruit, it is
ready to eat Do not pinch or
squeeze with just the fingers. This
bruises the pulp and invites spoil
age: Let an unripe avocado reach
perfection outside of the refriger-
Evening star., 1946-03-07

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday
and marked the beginning of Lent
for many churchgoers in this old
world. The penitential season will
see numerous meatless meals and,
where observance is especially strict,
even soups will be made without
benefit of meat stock. This type of
soup was done especially we'll by the
old Creole cooks and their recipes
are in use even today on fast days
and similar meatless occasions.
One of the best is the fast day
BROTH. or bouillon maigre," which
is made by peeling 6 carrots and
cutting them into thin strips: the
same with parsnip and s white
turnips. A head of cabbage is cut
up and chopped fine. together with
a stalk of celery and large onions.
All these are put into a kettle with
a glassful of water and "a pound
of butter or margarine Four or
five sprigs of parsley are chopped
fine and added.
All this boils until the water has
evaporated and then a pint of green
split peas are added. In go quarts
Of water and a long, hot red pepper
pod If you can get one. All is SIM
mered for three hours or more.
When the peas are perfectly tender,
drain or press the mass through a
colander, return the liquid to the
fire and season we'll with salt and
pepper and cayenne Of you have
not used the hot red pepper pod
Let all boil up once and serve with
croutons or toasted French bread.
This is surprisingly tasty soup,
Evening star., 1946-03-07
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

From Miss E. A. B., Siluer Spring. J
am hoping these household hints
will help the readers of RICH. Pick
up broken bits of glass with wad of
damp cotton or a wet tissue.
Remove ipstick stains from towels
by rubbing with peroxide of hy-
drogen, rinse in cold water.
Dresser drawers will slide easily if
you rub the sticking parts with
laundry soap.
EPSON salts prevents coIors from
running. A teaspoon to a gallon is
all that's necessary.
To remove ink from white cloth,
soak in pure ammonia for a few
minutes. Rinse in cold water.
To remove gum from hands and
clothing, rub with the white of an
egg, let stand few minutes.
Remove sickness from playing
cards by sprinkling with talcum
powder, then shutting cards.
When candles become soiled, clean
them with a cloth saturated in
alcohol.
Soak tarnished silverware in sour
milk half hour, then wash in soap
suds.
To remove iodine stains, cover
with cornstarch and wet it in cold
water or milk. Let stand until stain
disappears.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
Eggplant
Cookery

Did you know that the eggplant
has more aliases than almost any
other member of the vegetable
kingdom? Among its cognomens
are egg-apple, aubergine, mad-apple
and "brinjal" Probably the most
authentic of these is also the oldest,
"aubergine," believed to have been
derived from an Arabic word Signi-
tying peach"
The aubergine or eggplant
whichever you prefer-belongs to
the same genus of plants as does
the potato. and has an imposing ar
ray of cousins which includes the
poisonous deadly nightshade, the
edible brodina or cannibal-apple of
FIJI, the pepino or melon pear of
Peru and the Quito orange of South
America. The fruits of some of
these are used also for dyes, tanning
and soap making. Some are culti-
waited for their beautiful flowers.
For generations the Greek and
kindred nations have made much of
the eggplant, usually combining it
withSlamb or some such meat, or
stuffng it in some way to make a
rich rand nourishing main dish.
Usually in the United States we find
1t peeled, cut in slices and fried in
batter. This is all very well, but
there are a couple of tricks that
make vast difference in the fin
ished product. One is to marinate
the eggplant slices in strong
French dressing for an hour or SO
before they are fried and the actual
frying should be done in deep, boil
ing olive oil rather than in any
other type of fat.
Personally, we prefer broiled egg
plant to the fried variety Choose
small, tender eggplants. Cut off
the stems but do not peel them.
Cut each eggplant in half length
wise. making slight incisions in the
surface of each. Sprinkle them
with salt and little cayenne and
broil under hot fame, basting with
oil or melted butter to which little
lemon juice and minced parsley has
been added. Serve very hot, with
the pan Juices pollred over them.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
By Betsy CasweH
Women's News Editor

and green peppers are among the
most plentiful items. Red Bliss new
potatoes from Nebraska and Florida
are popular and there are also fine
baking potatoes from Maine and
Idaho to be had. Yellow crook
squash has been very nice of late
and tomatoes have improved in
quality. Kale, collards, turnip tops
and spinach make up the greens
section. Although a few more onions
have been coming in, they are still
generally scarce, and dealers report
a brisk trade in spring onions and
leekS. More normal supplies of
regular onions are expected to begin
in April, experts say.
Red Spanish pineapples from
Cuba are being offered as a real
treat. AvocadoS are selling we'll.
Tangerines are bit light in supply,
but there are plenty of oranges,
grapefruit, tangelos, lemons and
lines.
Here and There: A one-hun-
dred per cent pure coffee that is
soluble instantly is wonderful in
veStment for any one who does not
want to take the time to make the
regular brew-or when only one
person in the family takes coffee,
and it's a waste to make a potful.
Unlike many other instant" coffees,
Evening star., 1946-03-07
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

(From Mrs. R. V. c., Sluer Spring. J
Once again must pay some of
my debt to the RICH by answering
as many requests as possible. Any
one who doubts the neighborliness
of people anywhere should read the
Clearing House.
To Mrs. ]. E. p: have a 3-year-
old and a 3-month old, and feel
great concern for all children. so l
am much interested in your problem
I realize that every child is very
different from any other, but I
taught my boy to talk quite early
and to have an amazing vocabulary
at l year. by using the lunch time
as instruction time. l fed him, and
gave him spoon, too, so he learned
to feed himself without realizing it,
and at flrst-at months, I put my
finger on his chest and said slowly,
jeff" then on my chest and said,
"Mommie," several times every day.
In about a week he began to crow
happily when I did this, and before
10 months was saying 'Mommie"
and answering to his own name and
saying each night Hello, Daddy"
Then l pointed to various objects
and said their names carefully and
distinctly. He graSped this very
soon, but could not say the word, so
l would ask, where's the door?" or
floor, or wall, and he would point
to the correct article. Then we tried
to say the name. He didn't do it
carefully nor properly the first time,
but with great patience and praise
he was soon naming everything in
sight, and enjoyed the game very
much. 1 believe if you would forget
your son is 3, and begin right at the
beginning to teach him, and stop
before either of you lose patience
or grows tired, but every day, day
in and out, go through the lesson
and make it a pleasant game, he will
try. My son now says with great
nonchalance: Prophylactic tooth
brush, switchboard operator, Chesa-
peake Bay q give these as really
hard one0 and has better vocabu-
larry than many adults. He recog-
nlzes and understands many words
far beyond his age group. For this
reason, I believe my system was a
good one. Do please let us know
what you do and how your son gets
along. 1t may help another mother
with similar problem
To Mrs. M. G. Van H.: I gradu-
ated my son from a crib to a studio
couch without converting the couch
I told him he was a big boy and
should have a big-boy bed. The
idea pleased him greatly, and after
considerable discussion with him for
about week, as a buildup, we put
him on the couch. He rolled of
several times. but they are so low
he was not hurt at all, nor even
frightened. When I heard him
bump I went to his room immedi-
ately and laughed as 1 picked him
up, but some comment about fall.
ing out and it didn't hurt, and big
boys soon learn, and in very short
time he stopped falling. He now
scorns boys who sleep in cribs anc
feels very important. He was az
Evening star., 1946-03-07
Tropical Tip
BY the Chef

ator-only chill it Just before It Is to
be served. After halving it, take out
the seed, which, incidentally, will
grow into a charming plant if you
rest it on toothpicks, its pointed end
downward, in narrow-necked vase,
with water just reaching the bottom
Of the seed Sprinkle the pulp of
the avocado with lemon juice to
keep it from turning black and
score 1t lightly with a silver fork.
Pour into the Seed-cavity a little
pure olive oil and more lemon juice,
add dash of salt and freshly ground
black pepper and eat with a spoon,
from the peel.
A wonderful salad is this one,
which combines the goodness Of
avocado with that of citrus fruits:
y cup orange segments.
z cup grapefruit segments.
u cup combined orange and grape
fruit juice.
tablespoon honey.
l1a teaspoons plain gelatin.
3 tablespoons cold water.
2 avocados.
Lemon juice.
Salt
Salad greens.
2 maraschino cherries.
French dressing.
Place orange and grapefruit seq
ments in small fiat pan or mold.
Combine juice and honey and heat
to boiling point. Moisten gelatin in
cold water, add to hot juice and stir
to dissolve. Pour over orange and
grapefruit. Chill until firm. Cut
each avocado into halves lengthwise,
remove seed and pull off skin.
Sprinkle inside and out with lemon
juice and salt. Place each half on a
garnished salad plate. Fill centers
generously with orange-grapefruit
gelatin. Top each serving with
a half maraschino cherry. Serve
French dressing separately. Serves 4.
Evening star., 1946-03-07

4. Arrange tomatoes and mush-
rooms, with a bit of butter in each
mushroom cap. Of fresh mush-
rooms are used marinate in French
dressing; it helps to preserve the
color, and adds to the f1avor).
S. Season chops, potatoes and to-
matoes with salt and pepper.
6. Over all pour one-half cup of
pineapple juice and bake in a mod
crate oven, $50 degrees F., about As
minutes.
After removing from the oven
garnish with parsley or watercress
and paprika. Take the glass dish
directly to the dining table and
serve from the dish onto hot plates,
giving each person one portion of
each of the foods.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
COeur a la
Creme

A great French deicacy is occur
la creme" and, as done by master
chefs in that country, requires a
great deal of complicated prepara-
ton. There is short cut, however
that is really quite satisfactory.
You will need heart-shaped molds
definitely. Having procured these
get some cakes of cream cheeSe-the
number depends upon your guests
for you will serve one heart to each
person-and mix them we'll with
heavy cream, until the mixture is
fairly soft. Line the molds with
cheesecloth wrung out in cold water
and fill them with the cheese-cream
mixture. Let them stand on ice all
day. At dessert time, turn them
out, and serve them with wild
strawberry or raspberry jam and
piping hot fingers of toast. Bar-le-
due is also good with the cream
hearts.
Evening star., 1946-03-07

and may be used as the basis for
several others, as you would any
stock. If thicker soup is desired,
add some potatoes to the pot and
press them through the colander
with the other ingredients. Toma-
toes, too, may be added for addi-
tional flavor and, if you like, stir in
some cream just before the soup is
heated for serving Cooked barley,
rice or lentils may be added to the
broth if it is to be served clear,
Evening star., 1946-03-07

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..
Evening star., 1946-03-07

shoulder lamb chops.
2 tablespoons fat.
slices pineapple.
4 medium size potatoes (cut In
half inch slices).
2 tablespoons butter.
2 tomatoes (cut in halD.
4 pound mushrooms.
IL teaspoons salt.
Il teaspoon pepper.
Il cup pineapple juice.
/. Brown lamb chops slightly in
hot fat. Place lamb chops in a q
quart heat resistant glass utility
dish; over each chop lay one slice
of pineapple.
2. Around the chops arrange po-
tatoes; dot with bits of butter.
3. Over the potatoes place pork
sausage.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
ATTENTION, PLEASE!

The Readers Clearing House
has become knoWn for its fine,
neighborly help in a tUide field
OF matters OF interest to us all.
1t seems to me that in its COL
unlns suggestions for conseru-
ing toodStufs ,Uould find a
large and appreciatiue audience.
And I'm sure that you erperi-
enced houSekeepers haze many,
many ideas to offer along these
lines. Will you pass them on to
the rest OF us so that 1Ue, too,
may do our part in our attempt
10 todSte not so that others Dant
not? B. c..
Evening star., 1946-03-07
RUG HINT;
SALT.

(From M. X, SilUer Spring.
For Mrs. S. T.. you can buy at the
dime store some very heavy mending
tape to be pressed on the under side
of the rug to keep it from curling
at the edges.
To J. T. ", who wants to remem-
Der the salt and pepper in cooking.
Make yourself little verse some
thing like this:
II hope don't forget the salt,
For if do, it totll be my fault.
And just to make my cooking better,
I think I'll add a little pepper"
1t doesn't matter about sense OF
rhyme II your jingles serve your
purpose and remind you to re-
member.
Evening star., 1946-03-07
Readers Clearing House

ly when he realized that he coulo
not make them understand any
other way and they did not seem
to know what he wanted, he began
to express himself by talking in
stead Of the usual signs. This pro-
cedure will take patience and may
be little heart rending for you
but certainly is worth all of your
effort.
Evening star., 1946-03-07

pie recipes are. I use the same reci-
pc for pumpkin pie
And now for a request. Can some
one tell me how to cook pineapple
or how do you prepare them for eat
ing? I am speaking of the fresh
ones that seem to be plentiful right
now.
Nogales international., 1946-09-20
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE INVITING BIDS

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN
that the Mayor and Board of Alder
men of the City Of Nogales, Santa
Cruz County, Arizona, will receive
bids for the purchase by said City
of the following equipment to-wit:
1-Multi-stage centrifugal pump
having capacity of $50 GPM when
operating at not less than 7Ogo eff
ficiency not over 1900 RPM against
a total dynamic head of 575 feet.
Pump to be direct connected
through a flexible coupling to
standard open type 200 HIP, 44O v,
3 phase, go cycle, not over 1900
RPM electric motor Entire unit
mounted on a cast iron base plate.
Alternate-Same as above except
capacity of 1000 GPM at not over
5000 RPM.
standard starter for above
motor, motor auto transformer type
with reduced voltage taps for
starting.
210 Feet stranded cable to carry
to 290 ampereS per phase.
The successful bidder must fur
niSh complete specifications for the
equipment either separately or
whole.
All bids must be sealed and must
be filed with the City Clerk of said
City at his office in the City Hall
in said City of NogaleS not later
than eight o'clock P. M. on Monday,
October 7, 1916, at which time, or
such later time to which the matter
may be adjourned or postponed, the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen will
open said bids; PROVIDED, HOW
EVER, that said Mayor and Board
of Aldermen reserve the right to
reject any or all bids, or any part
thereof.
Dated this 18th day of September,
1946.
ALEX L. DURAZO,
City Clerk of the
City of Nogales
publish September 20, 27, 1946)
Nogales international., 1946-09-20
Apaches Lose To
Alumni s To 0

BY a score of 8 to 0, a heavy
Alumni team defeated the Nogales
Apaches in an exhibition football
game Friday night, the first grid
contest of the season in this city.
The Alumni took 2 to 0 lead in
the initial quarter, followed by six
more points in the third quarter
when Ernie Marian made 30-yard
pass to Earl Pottinger.
Apache stars were Ernie Valencia,
Armando Preciado, Efrain Pegueros
and Johnny Logan.
The Apaches made a very good
showing against their heavier and
more experienced opponents.