Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31


had the same trouble with my first
child and finally at 16 months just
took away the bottle completely
For months and months she only
drank about ounces of milk daily
I ShouH like to avoid some of my
previous trouble, at leastl
SHOULDERETTE.
From Mrs. w. w. A., Arlington.
Mrs. B. M. H. of Takoma Park,
Md, asked for directions for knit
ting or crocheting shoulderette.
McCall's Observation-Disclosures 1944-5
issue has directions. Magazine
probably is not now on market, but
write direct to Mccall Needlework
Editor, 230 Park avenue, New York
II, N. Y" 1t is pictured on page 81
of the 1944-5 number.
California Is home to us, but we
are enjoying your woman's page,
find much help and many things of
interest in this part of the country.
I'M. B. H., Arlington, Va)
Directions for making shoulder
cites can be obtained from Ameri-
can Red Cross knitting department.
From Mrs. G.. A. F., Paturent
RiDer, Md.
B. M. H., Takoma Park, Md. can
find directions for a pretty shoulder
cite (knitteO in The Botany AL
bum of Knitted Favorites," volume
No. 7.
If it is not possible to obtain this
book in one of the local department
stores, think B. M. H. could get it
by writing to Botany Worsted Mills,
Department 10, Passaic, N. j.
4 \
SOUR CREAM SAUCE?
From Mrs. P. W. L., Bethesda, Md. J
Can any one tell me how to make
the delicious sour-cream sauce that
is often served over narinated her
ring? None of the favorite cook
books seem to give it and I think 1t
is so very good.
CARAMEL DUMPLINGS.
From Mrs. H. r. A., Fairfar. Va
Here is a delicious recipe If you
can spare the sugar. Caramel
Dumplings: Sauce IL cups sugar, 2
tablespoons butter or margarine, "a
teaspoon salt, 2 cups hot water.
Caramelize " cup sugar in a heavy
frying pan. Add butter and remain
ing cup of sugar. Add salt and hot
water. Cook until dissolved (about
10 minutes), stirring occasionally.
Dumplings-Two tablespoons but
ter or margarine, u cup sugar, IL
cups flour, Y teaspoon salt, 2 tea
spoons baking powder, Y cup milk, u
teaspoon vanilla. Cream butter and
sugar together. Sift flour, once be-
fore measuring and sift again with
baking powder. Add alternately
with the milk. Add vanilla. Drop
batter by spoonfuls into pan of hot
caramel sauce. Place pan over slow
fame and keep tightly covered for
20 minutes. l pour sauce into a
tightly covered pan before I drop
dumplings. You must keep them
covered. sometimes use a quart of
canned berries, sweetened and drop
the dumplings in. This method will
save sugar. Be sure and have the
same amount of water as the sauce
requires. Use more If you have more
berries than juice. This is worth
trying.
BOOKS ON CHILD CARE.
From Mrs. S. L., Arlington.) ,
May suggest to the mothers of
young children that they will find
menus, recipes, as well as complete
feeding instructions for children
from birth on up in the book Gail
About Feeding Children" Unfortu-
nately, my copy is in storage in an
other city and I am unable to re-
member the authors. However, it is
the most complete book of its kind
that I have ever seen, as it discusses
such things as nursing your baby,
how to tempt convalescent children
to eat. In fact any question you have
Of that nature will be answered
there. It was published in 1914 or
1945, and heard of it over the radio
on the Baby Institute of the Air -
From Mrs. L. G. L., Washington. J
Regarding the recent discussion
in the RICH concerning books on
child care, may T add a warning?
Most of the books on this subject, I
have read practically all available
in the public library, are of the out
NODDED, "let them cry it out" med
ding school of thought propounded
by trained nurses and abhorred by
modern child psychologists. These
books contain practical advice, but
they contain three chapters whose
advice II you follow 1t religiously,
may really injure baby. The most
sensible and up-to-date advice on
child care which I discovered was
that given in the free publication
Of the Department Of Labor, I'm
FAINT Care" 1.-THE Child From to
s" and others.
NYLON BLOUSE.
from Mrs. D. G. L., Tnkoma
Park, Md
Recently there was an inquiry
which I neglected to save in regard
to a much-wrinkled nylon blouse
which would not respond to ironing
My husband is in the dry-cleaning
business and this same thing is pre-
.senting a problem to many cleaners
A recent issue of the trade maya
zine carried this answer to the same
query: when nylon is moist, and
then dried while crushed, it can be-
come serious problem, requiring
considerable effort for correction. :
yhe only suggestion offered Is to