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Evening star., 1946-04-26
Ouer the Back Fence
By Isabel Hacken

The Family Providers attitude
replace only when they are
out the basic lines change little throughout the
an Prs s naf to o'
Ne as ba Worn for our son sssns % so.
having been geared PTA meetings public
dress parties. "
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black aes out of his getting pretty
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wooden golf tees red ration tokens pencil
The finally without hole and substituted
for small Of moth pocket announced he
We heh-eeed slippers m and
who sed we Sa o sa ak he @ as sss.
way was un to be back evening clothes
left out evening bag carefully dresser
marketing NV "
Inc middle teenager meeting friends
ped this to be the usual simple affair hamburgers
shake at one the informal places
The crowd was going to the matinee of Hamlet
Somebody suggested that hamburger at drugstore
the worlds plays girls mpulsve Con-
necu avenue restaurant catering to the mink
s TN TINS establishment was only name to the middle
With IS cents her poketbook quick thinking
bad Impossible for her to eat ar anything
but dish of ice
The teenagers who look fine hope get
dieting is annual and usually brief affair family
nndng easier than usual this year cutting the calores
bacon salad dressing and desserts made with from daily meals
Evening star., 1946-04-26

loud voices almost stunned it to un-
consciousness. Some one finally
went to find the manager to stop
the performance-when they re-
turned the rabbit had disappeared
whether dead or alive, no one
seemed to know.
Another pair OF teen-agers were
torturing two little ducklings. They
turned them loose on the crowded
dance floor, they stuffed them head
first into coat pockets. and they
tried to make them drink from the
glasses on the table. The ducks
feeble peeping distracted them not
at all.
The teen-agers evidently thought
they were being too funny and
screaming for words. THE life of
the party" Maybe. But more likely
the death Of the pets.
What do you think about it?
Evening star., 1946-04-26

1t won't be long now before the
fish markets start getting in fiat
wooden boxes filled with seaweed
and layers of small, delicate soft
shell crabs, hardly bigger than a
50-cent piece. These little fellows
are the forerunners of their larger
brethren that come along later in
the season and your true gourmet
considers the mites one of the
greatest gustatory treats in the
world.
The crab, as you may know, goes
through more evolutions than a
butterfly. First, he is regular hard
shell crab and fattens up but
doesn't grow. Then he turns into q
"peeler" because he is growing an
other shell under the hard one
When he breaks out of this he is
called q buster" and it is then that
he is a real soft-shell, in his most
naked and vulnerable state. This is
just when the gourmet likes him
best. He only stays in this condition
for a very short time, then becomes
"buckram" and eventually a hard.
shell again. Actually, then, youl
soft-shell crab is just hard-shell
caught in the act Of moulting.
Never buy a soft-shell crab thai
isn't alive, kicking and plenty mad
Don't have him cleaned until you
are ready to take him right home
and put him on the fire or else dc
the job yourself at home. Kill the
crab by sticking knife between
the eyes. Lift the pointed ends of the
top shell and remove the spongy
lungs beneath. Turn the crab over
on his back and remove the tail OF
apron. Wash carefully, dry and cook
at once. And eat every bit, of course
claws and all.
Many people dip soft-shell crabs ir
batter, but that seems a waste OF
material to me and its spoils the
Evening star., 1946-04-26
Readers Clearing House

sponge" should have fully doubled
in volume. Now drop in the lump of
lard and proceed to knead this
sponge into a big resilient lump of
dough. Fifteen minutes is the usual
time l require. Kneading we'll brings
out a bread of fine texture which
will slice almost like white loaf
cake. The loaves must also be kept
warm and require about IL hours
to double in volume. Bake In $50
degree oven around As to SIS minutes,
depending on the size of your loaves.
(Should you wish to make more
bread, instead of adding two cups of
hot milk to your we'll of -four, add
three.) One seems to have to get the
feel Of this bread before you feel
quite sure about it.
Have you read Della Lutes "Coun-
try Kitchen? She makes one hun
cry for salt rising bread.
Evening star., 1946-04-26
Soft-Shell Crabs in Sight!
Bv the Chef

delicate favor besides. I simply melt
some butter in frying pan and
season 1t with lemon juice and cay
enne pepper. I sprinkle the crabs
with salt and pepper, roll them in
the melted butter and then dredge
them with flour. shake off all the
excess -four, so only thin coating
remains Then ! broil them under
hot fire, turning often for about
8 minutes. OF course. you can pan
broil them If you prefer.
I like tartar sauce with my soft
shell crabs. You can make this
quickly by spiking ready-made may
onnaise with lemon juice, some
chopped chives, few capers, a
spoonful of chopped mixed pickles
and a dash of cayenne. Or you may
melt some butter, add lemon juice,
minced parsley and a handful of
blanched almonds. Pour this over
the crabs before serving.
Evening star., 1946-04-26

not work at all. The ground
corn meal (some say "stone
ground") contains the whole kernel
of the corn and seems necessary for
this bread. In some sections it is
very hard to obtain, but it seems
very plentiful here.
Ingredients-One and one-half
cups scalded sweet, fresh milk,
rounded tablespoons water ground
corn meal, n teaspoon salt, u tea
spoon soda, 2 teaspoons sugar, lump
Of lard, the size of large egg, flour
and more milk dilute with water
if you like).
Stir salt and soda and sugar and
corn meal together. Over this slowly
pour the scalded milk. You should
now have a medium thick mush (not
stiff. Cover this bowl and set in a
covered container of good warm wa
ter. 1t requires quite long time to
raise this mixture to what I call
singing emptings" "a term my
mother used long ago when they
turned out all right. Usually start
this around one or two in the after
noon, taking care that it be kept
warm, never hot. Before retiring,
make sure it is all left coy warm
In the morning it should be ready
You should know by the forthcom-
ing bubbles, plus the very disagree
able odor.
In a deep mixing bowl or kettle,
sift around or cups of all-pur-
pose flour and fashion a deep we'll
with flour base. Into this pour
slowly about two cups of hot milk
(not quite scalded), stirring enough
flour from all around the sides, to
make a good thick batter. Let this
cool to lukewarm, and then add your
singing emptings," stirring thor
oughly until you' feel it is of the
proper consistency to rise. Cover
lightly with flour, then cover your
container, and again be careful 1t
is kept warm. Il set mine over an
other container holding really warm
water. In winter I even cover all
this over with a blanketD
In about Ia to 2 hours, this
Evening star., 1946-04-26
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS.
(Fron, Mrs. r. c. L., Bradbury


Park, Md
am a regular reader Of youl
column, the RICH and while I have
never written you before, I have
gotten quite a bit of help from the
suggestions sent in by other readers
for which I'd like to thank you and
them, too.
I wouldn't miss this column for
the world and enjoy 1t immensely
Id like to offer a few hints which
I have had given me or have worked
out for myself. When do my week
ly washing I save myself a lot OF
work by hanging all the starched
pieces together, the rough dry to-
gether, and all the things that don't
have to be ironed together. When ]
bring them m don't have all the
separating to do. I also sprinkle the
starch pieces Immediately as they
iron better If left overnight. I also
flnd the new ready-to-use bottle
starch wonderful and use it all the
time. No messy pans to wash.
To Mrs. D. H., Washington, ]
think the lady pays too much at
tention to her daughter by coaxing
and threatening her to make her eat
her food. I think she should put
the food before her and allow q
certain time to finish; If she doesn't
take it away from her without fuss
and do not give her anything until
the next meal
OF course this will take time ano
patience and not to say a lot OF
firmness on her part. 1t takes as long
to break habit as it does to get
started in one and I think that's
where our trouble is. We try to rush
things and haven't the patience te
follow through.
Evening star., 1946-04-26
The Young Idea

There's a lot said and written
about teaching young children to
care for the live pets they acquire
as Easter presents. They are warned
not to pat or handle little creatures
more than is necessary: they are
instructed: on how and what to feed
them. They are told that the baby
ducks, chickens, bunnies and so on
need quiet and time to sleep just
as the children themselves do, in
order to grow big and healthy and
to be happy.
AS rule the small child takes
all this seriously, and tries to fol-
low instructions to rear his pet hap
PLY. Too young babies should not
have live pets at all-but it is very
good training for the 4 or 5 year
old character to undertake such
responsibility.
Therefore, it comes as very
Evening star., 1946-04-26
By Jane CLARK
By Laura and Helen

real shock when one sees dumb ami
mails maltreated by teen-agers who
should and do know better. There is
absolutely no excuse for such a per-
formance as we saw last Saturday
night at one Of Washington big
gest and best clubs. The Society for
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
would have really been interested! !!
A group of teen-agers-well
toward the end OF that category
too-were amusing themselves by
tossing a terrified white baby bunny
from one to another, catching it by
its ears, its leg-anything that came
The rabbit was practical
ly In a coma from fright, its eyes
were glazed, and its little sides
heaved with its desperate painting
The smoke, lights, blaring band and
Evening star., 1946-04-26

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
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We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
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Views expressed in the Clear
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obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility for
them.
Betsy CasveH.
Evening star., 1946-04-26
SALT RISING BREAD

(From Mrs. D. M, Fairtar, Vu.)
Since I have seen no response to
the salt rising bread inquiry, per-
haps it is lost art" as 1 have been
told. was brought up on salt ris-
ing bread and the recipe I used is
the one passed down by the word of
mouth" process. I must apologize for
being very explicit and lengthy, for
this is very "touchy," sensitive
bread and must be handled with
care. I bring it out beautifully about
seven out of ten times and never
can understand the failures. was
advised by a prominent chemist
always to step outdoors a few min
utes while stirring up the first mix
ture in order to make sure of CATCH
ing certain bacteria (of which
know nothing. I always do this.
My mother would have called this
utter superstition.
To begin with, never try this bread
with the packaged corn meal. 1t will
Evening star., 1946-04-26
By Peggy Roberts

These gay twins have fun clean
Ing the house and you'll enjoy see
ing them on your towel rack, easily
made in outline and crossstitch.
Pattern envelope contains hot
iron transfers for 7 designs, color
chart, stitch illustrations and full
directions.
Send Is cents (coin) for Pattern
No. R1609 to Needle Arts Depart
ment. The Washington Star, Post
Once Box 172, Station D. New York
,. N. Y. Please include your postal
lone number.
Evening star., 1946-04-26
By Barbara Bell

For the young miss of 6 to IA, an
exciting dress-up frock for special
occasions.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1903
comes in sizes s, s, 10. IL and IA
years. Size 8 requires az yards of
IS or 80 inch material. 81 yards
ribbon.
For this pattern, send 20 cents, in
coins, your name, address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, The Washington Star, P. o.
Box SO, Station G, New York 10,
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-24
WeNIfhY
Sergeant

DETER SALM, the son
L of Count Ludwig
Saim Won Hoogstraten and
MiIIicent Rogers. who has
been informed ar his army
post in Germany that he has
inherited over s2,000,000
from the Rogers for
tune. He has also been
informed by the state de-
partment that the fate of his
f4thef|is- now officially
dead" Count Saim is said
TO have died in Budapest,
Hungary, July 10, 1914. The
millionaire is shown here
before he entered service.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-24
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nsrnsuo lsoundPh
TRS. WYNONA EZELL in Judge Malcolm HatfeIds
IV office in Benton Hsrbor with her four children for
whom she signed adoption waivers and her husband Car
26 (ar Hght whom she is divorcing in order 10
marry her dream man., Hyear-old Lawrence Sipe Jr
Gin the left picture) Benton Hsrbor tree surgeons
apprentice Her husband taxicsb driver, who also
signed the which permits the children TO be placed
foster homes said that this the third time his
24year-old wife had given him up for dream man"
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-24
D Wayne Registration

CAROLINE CABLE. 10. Of 1873 FeneIon teIping
group of discharged ervceHen register for classes
Wayne University The registration for and
upper classmen will continue through Jam o. Late reg
fees will go into efect Tuesday Feb S. when
class sessions will begin 900 m. and through
20 80 r. ma new schedule which will add an hour
the university program Registrations for the
OF the college expected exceed all former years
with enrolment double that Of last
Evening star., 1946-02-03
High Dignitaries
To attend Opera

A brilliant audience will be on
hand tomorrow night for the Phila-
delphia La Scala Opera Company's
presentation or Faust. Ballet lov-
ers especially are looking forward
to the "Walpurgis Night" ballet,
seldom given except at the Paris
Opera House.
Many Britishers will be present
to bid farewell to the evenings
Marguerite, the young soprano,
Dorothy Kristen, who will leave
soon for London's famed Covent
Garden where she has been invited
to sing by Sir Thomas Beecham,
England's eminent conductor.
Among the many who have made
reservations with Mrs. Parker Dove,
the executive chairman of Phila-
delphia La Scalas Washington
Committee, are: Field Marshal Sir
Henry and Lady Wilson, Senator
Clyde Reed, Senator and Mrs Ken
meth Wherry, Representative and
Mrs. Gambler Gathings, Mrs. Ralph
Worthington, DR.. and Mrs. Charles
McEnerney, Mr.. Frank B. Noyes,
Senor Don Luis and Sonora de Luti
and Senor Don Enrique Moss of the
Argentine Embassy. 1t. Com. j.
Henriques Jorge of the Portuguese
Embassy, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert FL
liston, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Howells.
Also Mrs. George Mesta, the Chi
nese Ambassador and Nine. Wei,
the Russian Ambassador and Nine.
Gromyko, the Minister from Leba-
non and Nine. Malik, Senator and
Mrs. Claude Pepper, Representative
and Mrs. A. S. Monroney, Col. and
Mrs. JuliusSPeyser, Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Peyser. Mr.. and Mrs. Max
O'Rel Truitt, Admiral and Mrs.
Charles w. Bunker, Miss Meredith
Howard, Col. and Mrs. Robert
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Claren-
don Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. N. j.
Kahn, Representative and Mrs.
John Phillips, 1t. and Mrs. Leon
Brown, Mr.. John H. Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin Crifasi. and the Dis
trict of Columbia Federation of
Womens Clubs.
Evening star., 1946-02-03
lNz suit 8 &s ssa>o~"'

=. every season! Suit shown is
representative of oudobIe Poster-
max collection designed with genius
coupled with Imagination. You'll
rely on it now under furs, later on
its own. In beige striped with brown.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-14
Views of the Press

round-trip flight, stepped from his plane at La Guardia Field, color guards from Jewish, Protestant and Catholic veterans organizations were ranked at attention.
 This showing of veterans was, perhaps, in his mind, when the homecoming Cardinal in his opera house address pleaded that a sure enduring meaning be found in the peace our Young Dead Soldiers" had fought to win-whose return, for so many, had been ito lie upon the soil they spent their youth, their dreams, and their blood, thelr lives to save" Remembering these dead, he declared, mankind of to- days earth, upon which remain so many hungry peoples "bereft or all thing human and humane" must join to build Ia new and war" less world" in which each respects Gods image In his brother" and in which the atomic age will not breed discord and nations finally diVideo against themselves.
 From his high place in e historic church certain of its unity, It's faith and its serving, the Cardinal spoke, And surely all creeds, all colors, all races can echo his prayer. For in a time of dangerously conflicting voices and prophecies, Cardinal Spellman asked that men know only the expansion of the power of God and the spread of the saie shadow of peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-14
Sham and DelusiOn

Secretary of State Byrnes must have realized when he urepared his Overseas Press Club speech that he would pc subjected to renewed eft-wing attack Red-baiter It is the thesis of Communists and proCommunlss that any frank discussion of Soviet foreign policy designed to drum up World War III in which the rest of the world VIII gang up on Russia.
 This s of course the opposite of the truth Sec retay Byrnes lifted himself several notches in the decton of major statesmanshp when he warned that Russias cur rent aggression oends against the Charter of the Uted Nations and that country is prepared to defend that charter. ,n. ,o..,. o certain principles We fought only in small part for ideal sc We spent material wealth and we spilled the blood of our best youth because were convinced that there could be permanent until this world lived under the Four Freedoms,
 We are happy if that may bring the blessings of democracy of self determination to smaller less fortunate nations But did not fight for them. We went to war wanted badly enough to fight for it, spend for it, die for it.
 fort obtain active cooperation to eliminate the causes o war The Charter with all it's faults is designed to protect the fundamental rights of every nation from Russia to Lec tensten-not primarily for love of Russians or Lechten- senans but because when the rights of people however tiny in fnged upon by any other people however great
 new seed of world war is planted in @ fere e SOIL h. vor and the United Nations organized Russia pursued whole series of naonasc aggressons that offended against the principles which underie world peace We made every allowance for Russia Month after month-ndeed year after year-we hoped that she might really be gentle lamb in wolf's clothing and appeased her shametuy, permitting her to get with most of the things for when we fought Germany.
 But we knew really, that her course was pointing to- ward World War IT. Neither the United States Great Britain both going to attack Russia Nor is Russia going to attack either of Nevertheless Russia keeps whtlng away at the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter deliberately doing those things that she and we have formally agreed are the causes of war.
 Secretary Byrnes did the correct courageous thing when hs warned that will fight again, must, to eliminate the of he is wrong and willing to see Russia do what quidated Germany and Japan for a tempting then the United Nations Organization is sham and delusion and the United States errant poltroon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-14

perform and compose music and plain, practical politicians
 They are various, but they are kept together by a common fervor in cause, except possibly the last group.
 If history is any guide, 1t was some such con- glomeraon that built up the Republican Party after its organization at Ripon, Wis. They were tired of the slave state control of national policy much like the power exercised in Congress today by southern minority which holds key places, and were dtsgused with the straddlng of the Whigs.
 They found out the nation had enough of this, too For m only their second national election after their initial failure with the romantic explorer John P Fremont, son of an itinerant French dancing teacher they won with the gangng Abraham Lincoln.
 Old newspaper friends have told of the same fiery devotion of another such band which walked out of the Republican National Convention in Chicago in 1912 and organized the Bull Moose Party With Teddy Roosevelt at its head And l was witness to the convention of assorted folks who with whoop and hurray nominated Robert M LaFollette on 8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-14


 employment of thousands of war workers who were not union members might give employers chance to replace the union with non-union labor, when the war was over.
 Union leaders anticipated fight over including maintenance of membership in postwar contracts When Big Steel gave in without struggle, they were delighted.
 No photographs or movies of the hanging of the Japanese key war criminal, General Yamashita, will ever be shown, for the War Department ordered that none be made. The reason is that too many letters in from U. g. citizens protesting the publication of pictures of the first German war criminal execu- tions. Photographs of the shooting Of Irma Oeiss "the blonde beast of Besen," were made. but will not be released.
 Naming Of Malor- General Jshn V. Hilldfins as Assistant Secretary of State in charge of civil gov- ernment n occupied enemy countries i6 the first step in turning U & military government over to the State Department. T1s turnover does not mean that every military government officer will be replaced by civilian before June go. as has sometimes been stated Transfer of authority may be o7ly at top levels. General McNarney and General Clay in Ger" many. General Clark n Austria, and later possibly General MacArthur In Japan. may be succeeded eventually by civilian high conamissloners But the actual work Of government administration may stll be performed by Army and Navy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-14
Independent Parties By 7homas l. Stokes

third independent ticket, at Cleveland on July 1, 1924.
 All of which leads up to the independent political movements In motion today. In particular to me ue- csion of Harold L. Ickes former Secretary Of Inter- or, to become executive chairman of the so-caleo Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions That organization performed valua- bIe service in the reelection of President Rooseve in 1924 It night in some ways be strange assort- ment of individuals too but 1t Is fused together py devotion to Mir Roosevelts principles, nternational and domestic, and is ready to do something about perpetuating them.
 This is not to suggest that this organization IS the nucleus of third party, though 1t may emoody the germ. But the fact that MT. Ickes mas become its managing director is significant Tor Dotn olo parties He is an energetic restless fellow and has a way of stirring things up by speaking out plainy and putting people in high places on the spot as ms career has demonstrated, particularly US recent phases =.
 All Mir. 1ckes needs is a letserhead and forum
 There are, outside of the two major parties even more powerful political organizations, among them the CiOs Political Action Committee which reaches down to the precinct and the shop. and the NationaI Citizens Political Action Committee sort or super structure whose membership numbers many prom inent people not directly identified with labor.
 Mir Ickes. himself told plainly what all this pc ltical organizing is about when he said that tne coming congressional elections are "as important 10 the future of the country as any in our history.
 People in these organizations are convinced oi that They may succeed in4making some tncumbents rather uncomfortable when the primaries ana regn- lar elections come around That is their purpose They are important because they believe m some thing and they believe in 1t hard
 And they are no respecters of persons.