Evening star., 1946-02-21

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Betsy Cas,CeH.
/ cup broken nut meats. Cook rails
ins in boiling water to cover for S
minutes. Drain, reserving the liq-
uid. Thoroughly cream shorten
ing and sugar: add eggs and beat
until smooth. Sift flour with salt
and soda and spices, mix with oat-
meal and add to creamed mixture
alternately with raisin liquid. Add
nuts. Drop on creased sheet, spoon
full to each cookie and bake 375 de-
grees for II minutes. Makes
dozen. I usually grind my raisins,
which helps to make the cookies
moist.
(From Mrs. E. W. B., Washington
Duchess Oatmeal Cookies: "
cups sugar Il use only l heaping
cup), u cup shortening (melted), 2
eggs, 6 tablespoons mild molasses,
IL cups flour, l teaspoon cinnamon,
l teaspoon baking powder, l tea
spoon baking soda, " teaspoon salt,
2 cups quick oatmeal, u cup nut
meats mot necessary, cup raj
sins. Mix and drop from teaspoon
on creased sheet and bake in mod
crate oven 375 to 400 degrees for
about IL minutes. They are deli
cious and keep very long in tin box.
They get softer after keeping them
a while.
CHILL.
(From Mrs. M. G. Y, Washington
Here is my favorite Chill recipe,
I hope you like it. Brown one pound
Of round steak, ground, in frying
pan, add to this 1 can medium)
tomatoes. Let simmer. Chop up 8
onions. 8 green peppers (medium
size), 6 stalks Of celery. Add to this
l can red kidney beans, pour meat
and tomato mixture over this and
mix well. Season with salt, pep
per and chilli powder to taste. Bake
in oven 375 degrees for 2 hours. I
voc 2OoAoliIi5 Poli.
ATTENTION, PLEASE!
Each Deek a special Readers
Clearing House column ,DiH ap-
pear in the Garden Section OF
The Sunday Star. This Will be
restricted to letters pertaining
to plants and other horticultural
matters Which, therefore, tUill
not appear in the regular daily
Readers Clearing House.
CHESS EXPERT.
(From Mr.. W. p, Washington
The Federal Chess Club, 2431
Fourteenth street NV, started a
series of lessons for beginners Feb
ruary and each Tuesday there
after, using "An Invitation to Chess"
as the textbook. These lessons are
free.
CLEANING MARBLE BASE.
(From Mr.. w. G. B., Washington. }
To Mrs. B. McC., Bethesda, Md.
Re: Cleaning marble base of old
lamp. If the discoloration has been
caused by oil, then a thick paste
made from plaster -of-paris (this
can be obtained from any paint or
hardware store) applied to the dis
colored surfaces and allowed to dry,
then carefully scaled of, will do
the trick. 1t may be necessary to
apply the treatment more than
once. 1t won't harm the marble, as
I tried it on similar object with
most satisfactory results.
X X !; X
TEEN-AGE PARTY;
HELPFUL HINTS.
From Mrs. C. E. j., Washington. }
In reply to Mrs. F. C. C. asking
for suggestions for her 13-year-old
daughters birthday party: My
daughter gave a very successful
party at the same age called a
Mother Goose party. She sent out
invitations in rhyme, suggesting
that each one come representing a
character in Mother Goose. She
herself dressed as Queen Of Hearts
by sticking hearts Of gold paper or
red on a white dress and wearing a
gold pasteboard crown. The guests
voted for the prettiest costume, the
funniest and best-sustained and a
simple prize was given for each.
Games were played at supper time;
of course, the Queen Of Hearts
brought in plate Of tarts. Also
each guest asked a riddle, and a
prize was given for the one answer
ing the most.
Here is a suggestion for adding
warmth to a black coat for child
or adult. Almost equal to a fur lin
ing. Cut a chamois slightly to fit
around collar at back and also at
armholes. Then baste to lining
(under lining and next outside OF
coat) 1t may be removed when
warm weather comes. You may or
may not choose to put it in the
front; the back is the most impor-
tant of course.
Also it is handy to remember that
lust several thicknesSes of The Eve
ming Star can become invaluable in
an emergency if one is caught out
| in a wind with thin coat. Simply
fit the paper across ones shoulders
as with the chamois and pin in
place. 1t is windproof.
BOOKS ON FURNITURE?
| From Mrs. w. G. S., Arlington)
We have been married for f1ve
years and during that time nave
been keeping house with some lght
furniture we more or less threw
together. We are now considering
buying some substantial furniture
for our new home and find l know
absolutely nothing about the mat,
ter. Can one of your readers teil
me where I can get some literature
On the subject of furniture, telling
me ali about finishes. construction,
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