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Evening star., 1947-01-30
The Chef Saws

Rummaging through my files this
morning, came across two recipes
from the old days that I'd like to
share with you. One was for just
about the most famous "after-
theater" snack In New York,
"Canape Lorenzo" and the other a
truly epicurean starter for . formal
dinner party, or for serving with
the mixed green salad on = similar
occasion, pate de foie gras on leaves
OF delicate pastry.
The canape was named In honor
Of its originator, the noted bon VI
want. Lorenzo Delmonico.
Fry q medium -sized onion or two
cut in tiny squares, in little butter
until the onion Is transparent. but
not, Drowned. Add about q table
spoon of -four and let cook for .
few minutes, but still don't let the
mixture brown.
Pour In . pint Of rich cream and
season to taste with salt, pepper,
cayenne and Q whisper OF nutmeg.
Cook until reduced to thick sauce.
Saute . pound Of crab lump, which
has been picked over but not
shredded in q little butter and add
it to the sauce mixture. Let all boil
up once and set aside to cool.
Cut three-inch rounds Of bread,
trimming OF any crusts. Toast.
Cover one round per person with
the crab. On top put . thick paste
made by creaming " pound Of but
ter, adding to it enough grated
Parmesan cheese to thicken and
seasoning with salt, pepper and
cayenne. Cover the whole canape
with this mixture and run them all
In a hot oven to brown quickly
Serve at once, good and hot.
Evening star., 1947-01-30

The pate de fois gras on pastry
leaves q favorite of the Chevaliers
de Tastevim is done as follows:
Mix / pound Of fine white pastry
flour with l cup Of water and
little salt. Set this aside ito rest"
for Is minutes. Roll out the paste
and spread it thickly with a pound
Of softened sweet butter. Roll up
and let it rest Is minutes more.
Now roll the paste out to the
length Of foot and a half Fold
over three times and press layers to-
gether. Start another turn the re-
verse way. Repeat the operation
four times. Finally. roll out. the
paste into four thin sheets. Put
these in separate pastry pans and
prick with fork. Let stand for
Is minutes and then bake in a
moderate oven.
While this Is going on, cream a
pound and q half of the best foie
gras until it is soft enough to spread
easily. Spread it on three sheets
of pastry, stacking them in layers,
and cover with the fourth sheet.
Cut in small strips and serve,
slightly warm.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
HOOKING RUGS.

From Mrs. G. S. c., Ar1ington.)
For Mrs. E. E. G., Arlington.
Properly made hooked rugs need no
sizing or lining; but If the burlap
foundation has been turned back
and hemmed around the edge, that
hem should be covered with rug tape
or wool felt, for that is the one vul-
nerable spot for wear. To avoid this
the hem should be turned back be-
fore the rug is hooked and the ma
terial should be hooked through the
two thicknesses, then no binding Is
necessary.
There is no quick way to make a
hooked rug from woolen scraps.
Beautiful and lasting hooked rugs
are made from woolen materials
and scraps, however; and though the
process is simple, it takes time and
patience like needlepoint. coverlets
and quilt making. When you have
finished. you have work of art, an
heirloom.
There are a number of shuttles
available which hurry up the process
of hooking, but it has been my ex-
perience that the rug-maker spends
more time later in rehooking and
repairing her shuttle-hooked rug
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Prune Loaf Cake

III cups cooked prunes.
cup butter.
IL cups granuiated sugar.
5 eggs.
2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
/ cup milk.
32s cups sifted all-purpose flour.
" teaspoon salt.
l teaspoon soda.
8 teaspoons baking powder.
Y cup ground walnut meats.
Pit prunes and cut into small
pieces. Cream butter, add sugar
and cream thoroughly; add beaten
eggs and flavoring and mix. Add
milk alternately with -four sifted
with salt, soda and baking powder,
and beat. Add prunes and nuts and
stir to blend. Pour into creased
tube pan (about 9x31a inches). Bake
N 3 moderate oven $3.50 degrees F.)
about ~ hours. Test for doneness
before removing from oven. Frost
rs and If desired. Serves IA to 16.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Report to the Housewife

in hand In south Africa. The soap
shortage is 50 severe that one house,
wife solved her probaem by killing .
Lion and rendering down his fat for
soap. However. this soap Is hard to
keep since the native servants have
great faith in "lion OIL" It is said
to I'LL any one who uses It with the
courage Of the king Of beasts.
Evening star., 1947-01-30

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. Betsy Cas,ceH
Evening star., 1947-01-30

fruit juice use 3 cups pineapple juice,
charged water. Combine just before
serving. Sweeten to taste.
Variations: Golden Punch. For
fruit juice cups pineapple juice.
2 cups orange juice, l cup lime
juice.
California Punch: For fruit juice
use cups loganberry juice, 21s cups
orange juice, u cup lemon juice.
Royal Punch: For fruit juice use
4 cups grape juice, 2 cups grape
fruit juice.
These can be made attractive by
floating slices of fresh fruit on top
of punch bowl.
Party suggestions for young
people: Give each boy large paper
dolly a few pins and some crepe
paper and have them design hat
for their young lady.
Have a circle of chairs. Each
chair has a number starting at /.
Each person must remember the
number of the chair on which he
is sitting. Now, some one on the
sidelines calls two numbers and the
persons sitting on these chairs
change places remembering their
new numbers. If q party does not
move when his chair number Is
called he goes to the end OF the
line and every one from where he
was sitting moves up one seat. This
oonoe 10 q lot of fin when stepped up
to rapid pace.
From Mrs. J. B. A., AleIGndria.)
Have Just finished the Readers
Clearing House which I always en-
10y. v. K. N, Washington, asks for
punch recipes. The following Is q
favorite of ours and is so easy!
To one quart of orange ice, placed
In punch bowl, add 8 large bottles
of gingerale. That is all there is
to it and it makes most satlsfac-
tory punch. Orange sherbet can be
used, but that has a tendency To
"foam," instead of being clear.
X X X II
FOR WALKING ON ICE.
(Fron, E. P. w., State Sanatorsuna,
Md.)
I am not regular reader, but l
would like to offer a suggestion to
the party who some time ago asked
for information concerning ice clip
pers. If she will purchase cheap
pair of mems cotton socks and
draw them over the shoes or rubbers
one can walk on ice anywhere with
safety. The tops of the socks can
be cut off and only enough lett
to cover the sole and heel or they
can be turned back.
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, COMMENTS.
(Fron1 Mrs. E. ]. M, Washington
Would like to say a word to Mrs.
". l.. S., Hyattsville in regard to
water heaters. We have had both
electric and gas. We find the gas
cheaper, but electric Is cooler II
YOU have the heater in kitchen as
was our case in the country.
We have a forty gallon tank and
find we never run out of hot water
with four in family and a lot OF
company. 1t is a good idea to drain
tank from bottom about every two
weeks. We use a bucket and run
the water until clear.
This might come in handy when
spring cleaning starts. always
wash my slip covers and hang out
side to dry hanging as nearly the
shape as clothes lines side by side
permit. while pleats are still a little
damp I bring in, press pleats ano
put right on furniture. Then II
there are any wrinkles I press with
warm iron right on the furniture
Be sure and give furniture thorough
cleaning before putting on slip cov-
ers.
Would like to say I agree with
Mrs. C. l.. S., Brandywine 100 per
cent in encouraging the ladies to
buy the automatic washer. Have
had mine since 1889.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
FINDING RECREATION

I
For Miss E. A. r.. Arlington.
No one puts us on shelf but our
selves in our own thinking. I know.
and believe, that you are not COM
planning, just explaining, and you
are just explaining for good many
others who feeh as you do, and to
all I would say: Let's let the shelf
gather dust, while we busy ourselves
in some of the many worthwhile Or
ganizations In and around Wash
ington. Busy ourselves to the point
of losing oneself and thereby finding
life through service to others.
Align yourself with the church Of
your faith. Don't wait to be asked
to be a member of the woman's Or
ga11ization, or Sunday school class
of that church, but seek it out and
say you want to e be one Of them.
Have no fear of being considered
giddy. I have yet to see an organi-
zation that cannot use all the tall
ents one has to give, and also have
yet to see the woman who after
whole-heartedly and sincerely cast
ing her bread upon the waters of
service, that did not feel that she
had received more than she had
given.
These organizations offer recrea-
tional, educational and spiritual en-
richment. There are no age lines.
In my own particular woman's So
ciety our youngest member is in her
early 20s, and our eldest is dear old
lady Of "a, who is yet quite active
and not seeking for a place on the
shelf.
We answered our country's call,
willingly and gladly, yes, but now
there is q greater call, and that is
the call for our love and service to
our brothers and sisters all over our
shrunken suffering world.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
QUERIES?
POEMS OFFERED.

From Mrs. r. T., Lanhan,.)
Please find enclosed q few poems
requested by some Of your readers.
For Mrs. T. c. w. of Washington,
two versions of "The Little Things
of Life" They may or may not be
what she is looking for.
I have seen quite a few poems re-
ferring to "The Night After Christ
mas" but thought some one might
enjoy this one of the day after
Christmas.
Now for a request from your kind
readers, I know perhaps this infor-
nation could be obtained from the
Library of Congress, only the prob
lem is to get down there for us sub
urbanites. Also if I'm to understand
it correctly this library is for re-
search and books are not loaned
out. Am I right? General informa-
ton on this library would be much
appreciated. I believe saw this re-
quest before in the Clearing House
but have not seen it answered. Now
for the request: Does any one know
how many books of Edgar Guest
| Poems" there are? And where can
they be purchased? Or are they only
rare editions?
THE LITTLE THINGS OF LIFE.
little grief, little mirth
To smooth the stony paths Of earth:
little May, little June
And 10! The clock is telling noon.
A little doubt, little hope.
To sweeten life and give it scope:
A little dark. little light
And 10! The clocks run down at night.
william Wallace Whitelock.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.


'Tfs the day after Christmas
And inside and out
The sholiday carnage
Lies scattered about. ...
And ma with @ wet towel
Atop Of her head
And aspirin tablets
Has crawled into bed.
The kiddies. God bless 'em,
Are raising din,
With laundering drums
And shrill trumpets OF tin.
While pa, like q schoolboy
Forgetting his years,
Is all tangled up
In the bicycle gears.
Old Duffer, the dachshund,
DELIGHTFULLY."- SNUG.
Lies gnawing q carcass
Upon the new rug.
And Muffet, the kitten.
Despaired Of q lap
On the dining room table
Is taking her nap
Plaid neckties and pink socks
And what-nots galore
Awaits their exchange
At the hve-and-ten store.
While tidbits and knickknacks
OF leftover sweets
Must furnish the menu
For future-day eats.
IT'S the day after Christmas
And once every year
Folks willingly pay
For their holiday cheer.
With toothaches from candy
And headaches from bills
They call UP the DOCTOR
And order more pills.
Better Homes and Gardens. Dec. 1s4l
Il Il X
Evening star., 1947-01-30
CORNBREAD.

From Mrs. H. E. B., McLean.)
Delicious corn bread-One cup
white corn meal, u cup white -four,
2 teaspoons baking powder, u tea
spoon salt, l tablespoon sugar, l
egg, 8 tablespoons melted lard or
vegetable shortening, sweet milk.
Sift all dry ingredients together
into a bowl, add egg and melted
shortening and beat, then add
enough sweet milk to make a nice
batterlike cake batter, beat until
smooth, pour into one creased pan
Il always use square PAM. Bake
in 40O-degree oven for 20 minutes.
This corn bread is brown and crusty
on outside, moist and fluffy on the
inside and tastes delicious.
Hope Mrs. F. L. M. will be pleased
with this recipe.
We enjoy the RICH. baked an
anise cookie recipe which Mrs. M
c., Washington sent in, they were
delicious. Many thanks.
From Mrs. P. S. r., Falls Church, J
For the easiest and best spoon
bread you ever ate, beat two eggs,
add 2 cups buttermilk, l cup sweet
milk, tablespoons corn meal, l
teaspoon soda, l teaspoon salt, l
tablespoon melted shortening lba-
con grease is flne). Bake / hour
at 400 degrees or 425 degrees in
creased baking dish. Batter will be
quite thin, but bread is delicious.
Much better than scalded meal va
riety.
KEEPING CAKES.
ANSWER TO TEEN-AGER.
PLASTIC APRONS?
(From Mrs. M. r. B., Arlington.)
For Mrs. e. G. S., Washington. I
have had some experience in keep
ing cakes as we kept one OF our
cakes from our wedding and served
1t for our 25th anniversary. 1t was a
three-pound fruit cake as yours. We
soaked it well in brandy, then
wrapped it in a brandy soaked linen
cloth. Tied it with light cord. We
then poured melted paraffin over 1t
as 1 recall we used almost a pound
of the paraffin. This made the cake
air tight and it kept very well.
Evening star., 1947-01-30

We unwrapped 1t several weeks
before we served 1t, soaking 1t again
in brandy.
At present we have two other
cakes we are keeping; one for each
of my grandson's christening cakes
to be opened when they reach 81.
To the teen-ager asking about
applying powder. To my mind there
is no beauty treatment equal to
right foods, milk and fruits.
Now for q request. I am using
plastic aprons, but find after months
of use even with careful washings
they become stiff. Can any of the
readers come to my aid?
\ X X X
HELP WANTED!
From Mrs. A. S., WasI,ington.)
We need some one to help cut out
simple garments to be made for the
Friends Service Committee. Is
there any one with a morning or
two to spare who can do this?
Please telephone Michigan 2970.
X y X y
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Information sent in by the jol-
lo,0tng has been forwarded to the
individuals for ,1hons it was in
tended:
Mrs. J. J. L., Mrs. F. B. S., jr.;,
Mrs. r. c., Arlington; Mrs. B. s.,
S. b., Hyattsuille;; Mrs. r. E.,
Spencerville;: Mrs. A. M. T, Dick
erson: Mrs. S. L. H., Mrs. W. R.,.
Alexandria; E. S. R., Mrs. H. F. c.,
Silper Spring.; F. M. H., CheDy
Chase; Mrs. A. C. Nick. Mrs.
L. M. L., Mrs. J. L. B., M. A. B.,
Mrs. J. H., Mrs. L. A. F., Mrs. L.
H., M. G. B., Mrs. J. II. S., Mrs.
M. G. G., Mrs. J. L., Mrs. S. X,
Mrs. r. N. H., M. L. B., M. E. M.
Washington; Mrs. -R. B., Be-
thesda.
Our thanks to these readers,
Whose contributions 1Dere similar
to others previously receiDed::
Mrs. S. +. S., Falls Church:
Mrs. H. w. B., Seat Pleasant;
Mrs. E. L., Be1ryDille; Mrs. c. j.
G., jr., Front Royal; T.. D. C-
Beltspille; Mrs. B. S. c., Brent
1Dood;; Mrs. C. H. d, Mclean;
Mrs. J. J. B., TGkon1G Park; Mrs.
J. B. W., Mrs. w. r, Alexandria,;
Mrs. A. E. F., Mrs. J. P. D., Mrs.
J. H., Arlington; Mrs. c. M. C,
Miss B. /. c., Mrs. A. j., Mrs.
M. B., E. P. S., Miss M. p. c.,
Mrs. A.. E. B., Mrs. L. S. F, Mrs.
r. J. a., Washington.
Evening star., 1947-01-30

Hot chill for q winter evening.
SATURDAY
D. Chill Con Cdrne
Butternailk Toasted Crackers Dill Pickles
Green Salad Baked Pears
Con
Il pound suet chopped tablespoon saH
cloves garlic, minced teaspoon cunin seeo
q ground beef a teaspoon peppeA
Q chill powder cups wafer
IN tablespoons paprika NO cans req pa
,v. and cook very stirring occasionally Add
longer, stirring often JUST before
rne add the long enough to heat thoroughly
SUNDAY.
Mushroom Soup
Fried Chicken Wild Rice
Lima Beans Broccoh
*Prune Loaf Cake
Chicken.
sioint frying chickens Coat each piece with weleasond
skillet enough to have fat
sho inch Deep chicken to golden brown on all sides AS
pieces are transfer them casserole When nnlsno oot
With b,r YOU like moderate t325 degrees
To finish cooking In skillet after chicken tenoer
Allow to 40 minutes chicken become tender depending or
AZ" n,s - ~ ,ou, u w ~ by W"
spectpe elsewhere
Evening star., 1947-01-30
PUNCH

PARTY SUGGESTIONS.
From Mrs. G. A. D., CheUy Chase.)
In the Evening Star Mrs. v. K. N,
requested recipes for punch. ! am
so happy to be able to offer . sug-
gestion at last.
Basic Tea Punch (makes ) quarts)
chill: Two cups strong tea. 8 cups
Evening star., 1947-01-30
\ For The Bride
Of Tomorrow

Brewood offers wedding enorov-
ing beautifully expressive Of all
thot is traditional but in the
matter Of counsel, service and
time utterly Of today. Bre-
wood engraving is distinguished
by it's modern smortness and its
unerring good toste.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
EHWhatS CooRinf'


Grapefruit Juice
Fish FiIlets In Cheese Sauce
Mashed Potatoes Brussels Sprouts
Cucumber Tomato -EScaroe Salad
Haselnut Ice Cream
Cheese Sauce
tahlesnoons h,tter lemon juice
tablespoons flour tablespoons llney choppeu oao
/ cup milk tablespoons nhey cnoppeo oeioiS
I chedda
pounds fllets 2 tablespoons wafer
milk When thcKeneo
and smooth add half of the shredded salt and pepper
TO taste Cut fish portions and place them IN
.hsow baking pam juice onion celery water salt
pepper hot 450 degrees Fo 10 minutes lou
the cheese sprinkle with the remaining sreooeo
cheese and bake 10 minutes longer hot Serves g.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
THE LITTLE THINGS OF LIFE.

A little work, a little play
To keep UP going, and so good day:
A little warmth, little light
OF loves hestowing, and so goodnight
A little fun to match the sorrow
OF each days growing, and 50 good-mor
row Anon.
Evening star., 1947-01-30

butter, Y cup cream or milk, u tea
spoon vanilla.
Cook sugar with cream or milk
until it forms q soft ball when
dropped In cold water, add butter
and vanilla, remove from fire and
stir until Of right consistency to
spread.
AFRICAN VIOLETS.
from Mrs. H. o. ~, West Beach. J
To L. E. M, Washington, in re-
sponse to her inquiry about African
violets. have several Blue Boy Su-
preme Violets and they are lovely.
All except one I have rooted myself.
The large one I have had about
fourteen months. 1t started bloom
ing last year in February and since
then has never been without bloom
When potted my new plants used
q mixture of sand and black dirt
from rotted leaves. I keep my plants
in my dining room. In the winter
it has sun most Of the day, but as
the sun goes overhead in the sum-
mer it does not get the sun. It seems
to thrive on both. I do not have the
pink or white African violets but
would love to have one if any one
has one to part with. I keep my
African violet pot in water at all
times.
From Mrs. F. r. o., Arlington)
have 7 African viclets and keep
them in a north window I pot
them in dirt bought at the dime
store in clay pots and water them
from the bottom. I repot OCCASION
ally when the heads begin to null
tiply. My violets have bloomed
steadily for over a year now and I
have the 4 most common colors. It
is desirable to water them every
other day and keep them away from
heat Cradiators and such). Best OF
luck with yours. ....
Evening star., 1947-07-30
A PeriIous Gap

Speaking at centenary celebration OF
the birth of his great father, Charles Edl-
son has issued timely warning against
the gap between the worlds social think
ing and its scientific knowledge. The
warning is not new. 1t has been made
over and over again by others, but it can
not be made too often. 1t needs to be
harped upon constantly. 1t needs to be-
come part of the daily consciousness of
PEOPLES everywhere Otherwise, with the
instruments of universal annihilatlon at
hand, our human society may be literally
DESTROYED by it's own works in the next
generation or two.
The former Governor of New Jersey and
former Secretary of the Navy has not sue
cumbed to an exaggerated fear on this
point. Science, especially with the develop
ment of atomic energy, has thrust all OF
us into strange new age, far in advance
of our social and political practices and
habits of thought. The gap here as Mr..
Edison declares, Is truly dangerous, and
unless men and nations succeed in mar
rowing it, the world will live in constant.
danger of an all-engulfing catastrophe.
We have eaten abundantly of the fruit of
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil;
we are privy now to what were once some
of the darkest and most forbidding secrets
of existence; we have the power at last,
the "know-ho ow" to wipe out pretty nearly
the whole of humanity in matter of
hours; we have learned, in sum, facts and
formulae of such an aWesome and deadly
nature that they can mean the end of the
earth's life If we do not match them with
commensurate wisdom
AS matters stand today in Mr.. Edison's
words, men and nations may be likened to
little boys playing with hand grenades.
With unimaginably terrible weapons at
their disposal, with a profoundly far
reaching scientific revolution staring them
In the face. they still think in terms of
dead past-politica1y and otherwise. The
protection of geographical position is
rapidly passing away. Frontiers, buffer
states and the like are coming to mean
little or nothing in an era when offensive
warfare can take to the air at fantastic
speeds and erase cities and whole nations
overnight. Yet we have Russia, for ex-
ample, following a course suited to the
eighteenth or nineteenth centuries, mouth
Ing stale slogans about sovereignty" and
acting as If it were blind to the cataclys-
mic implications of it's refusal to cooperate
in such vital undertakings as strict inter-
national control of the atom
1t is this kind of social and political
backwardness that must be overcome if
civilization is to be protected from the
danger of suicide. The scientific knowledge
of our age is immense, but it is not wis
dom. knowledge is merely an awareness
of facts. Without Wisdom-which is the
ability to employ facts for good ends-the
knowledge we have now, operating like a
blind monster on the loose, can be the
undoing of all of u.s. Never since time
began has it been so necessary as it is
today for man to educate himself in this
sense. Society must either learn to use
Its terrible gadgets for the common welfare
or it will be exposing itself to the real
peril Of extinction.