Evening star., 1947-01-20
Readers Clearing House

. AOuOS
and rinse with tepid water. Don't
use too much water and dry the
furniture well before applying the
wax.
A request: How can the musty
odor be removed from an electric
cord?
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APRICOT PIE.
From Mrs. w. F. s., Arlington.)
For the lady who requested q
recipe for Apricot Pie, here is one
I think she might enjoy.
Apricot Pie: Two cups dried
apriccts, u cup sugar, III table
spoons cornstarch, cup apricot
juice, 2 tablespoons butter. Boil
apricots about 20 minutes. Add
sugar and cook minutes longer.
drain. There should be about / cup
of juice from the apricots. Moisten
the cornstarch with a little cold
water and add to apricot juice. Cook
until mixture boils and is thick,
then pour over the apricots. Pour
into pastry Lined pie pan and
dot with the butter. Cover with a
top crust or strips of pastry Il
think the latter is better as it Is
not so much crust) and bake about
30 minutes in hot oven AS degrees.
This is very good topped with vanilla
ice cream. It is quite filing and
very nice for company who have
come just for coffee and dessert.
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HISTORY OF GLASS?
From E. M. X, Washington.
viii some one kindly give me
little information on where to find
the history of Nicholas Lutz and
also Amalung glass? Neither one
is mentioned in the recent books
on glass.
The Saturday Evening Star is not
complete without the Readers
Clearing House. Thank you for
any help you can give me.
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PARTY QUERIES7
From v. X. ~, Wdshington.)
I would greatly appreciate your
sending me some never fail" tat1y
tfor pulling) recipes, both white and
molasseS.
Also we have friends dropping In
Unexpectedly quite often and also
have a number Of parties and I
would greatly appreciate any punch
mon -alcoholic) recipes, either hot
or cold.
Thirdly, some new ideas for a
Valentine party for 100 young peo-
pie, games, refreshments, etc.
I have greatly enjoyed the RICH
and do appreciate all the help I
get from It'll
LAME DRESS?
From Mrs. I. J. S., Washington
I have a silver lame dress which
has tarnished. Can some one tell
me how to brighten the dress?
. QUEENS CAKE?
LEMON GOLD CAKE?
From M. p, Washington.)
In the past many helpful hints
have been cleaned from this splen-
did page and now may request
recipes for two cakes my grand
mother used to make? The recipes
wele in an old White House cook
book at least so years of age. Queens
cake, requiring to 10 eggs, and
lemon gold cake Qoaf), using egg
yolks and grated lemon peel.
My appreciation to any reader
who may have these recipes and will
submit them. Keep the good work
up.
NAIL HINT.
From Mrs. B. H., W1shington.)
b just discovered something ]
think will be- helpful to many
I. broke a fingernail hali
way ACROSS. got a brilliant idea
I took the transparent glue used for
model planes. Painted under and
atop the nail. Do you know 1t held
I then put polish over it and presto
my nail is as good as new.
I love the Clearing House. Best
of luck for Al.
TRANSLATE LETTER?
(Fron, Mrs. L. J. D., Washington J
Many thanks to all who so kindly
called to give me the recipe for
candied pineapple before Christmas.
It was delicious. =
Now, may make another request.
Can some one tell me where or
whom I could ask to translate let
ter written in Dutch, from Bourne,
Holland?
The RICH is very interesting and
I always turn to that page first.
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TINSEL PICTURES.
From B. w. S., WGshington.)
Can some one tell me how or
where to find out how to make the
old fashioned tinsel pictures? I'd
like to know kinds of paint to use
for flowers and background and the
method.
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POEM.
(From Mrs. J. D. W., Wdshington.)
Recently l.. J. j., Washington, re-
quested the following poem that I
am happy to be able to furnish for
your RICH.
LITTLE DUCKS.
MY dears, whatever you are at?
You ought to be at home;
told you not to wet your feet,
! told YOU not to roam.
oh, dear. I'm sure you will be drowned.
never saw such tricks:
Come home at once and 60 to bed.
You naughty, naughty chicksf'
Now most Of them were five days old.
But one, whose age was six
PLEASE, ma'am," said he, Il think we're
ducks:
don't believe we're chicks"