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Evening star., 1947-07-08

one who can compare life on both
publications. The way it turns out,
aside from q few differences in
schedule the beauty business In
Manhattan bears a strange similar
ity to the beauty business in WASH
ington. AS far as I can see, the
only important difference, aside
from locale is that in New York
wear hat in the Office.
This is a prerequisite of the job,
I think. On a magazine, the edi-
tors wear hats so that they can be
easily distinguished from assistant
editors who do not wear hats. BY
this standard, of course, secretaries
should have receding hairlines and
file clerks be quite bald . and we
may come to that yet.
But to return to the subject OF
chapeaux of the 9-to-5 variety, I
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Dorothy
Says

We make such fetish Of mother
hood that we almost overlook the
fact that children also have fathers.
We have put mother on pedestal
and burned incense before her. We
celebrate Mothers Day. with gifts
that make her q runner-up for
Santa Claus. Poor, self-sacrificing
mother is the favorite heroine OF
our maudlin fiction and any nanny
song is tear-jerker.
But few and far between are the
bouquets that are thrown at faith
er. In the average household he Is
just Jones who pays the freight, who
never makes enough money to sat
isfy his greedy family and who is
expected to retire to the background
after he has passed around cigars
on Juniors birth and never be heard
of again until some domestic crisis
arises.
OF course, biologically and social
Jy, fathers are necessity, but after
that mother takes over. She rules
the roost. She assumes exclusive
possession of the children and al
ways speaks of them as my son" or
my daughter" and father inter-
feres with her plans at his peril.
The result of mother running the
show is tragic from every angle. For
one thing, it keeps the children and
their father from ever getting
acquainted with each other, and
that is an irreparable misfortune to
both of them. The old story about
the little boy who asked his mother
who was that strange man who sat
around the house of Sundays Is no
merry jest. 1t is a cold, hard fact
And I personally knew of one nearly
grown lad who was astonished to
find out that his father was a IA
nous man. Why" he exclaimed,
didn't know Papa was anybody"
1t is enough to make anyone weep
to think of man spending his life
toiling to support bunch of kids
who regard him as nothing but q
cash register, and who give him
none of the affection that alone
would pay him for his years Of servi-
tude. But how could it be otherwise
when their mother has never taught
them to love and respect theil
father, but, on the contrary, has
held him as a threat of punishment
over their heads?
Perhaps the greatest of all of the
tragedies of children being practi.
cally fatherless, SO far as their up
bringing goes, is if they have a weak
and silly mother she wrecks them
in the rearing and their father ha:
to stand helplessly by, impotent te
save them.
No one who faces the juvenile
delinquent problem honestly but
who knows that it is largely the
result of fathers taking no part In
the bringing up of their children
For there comes a time in the life
of every adolescent boy and girl
when they need the strong hand OF
a man, instead OF the weak one OF
a woman over them. No matter how
much the teen-agers may love their
mothers, they have certain con-
tempt for them. They think that
just because mother is a woman
she knows nothing of the world, but
they listen to fathers counsel and
take his guidance, because they
know that he knows the road they
are just starting to travel.
When mother edges father out of
the family circle because she wants
to be all-in-all to her children, she
makes a fatal mistake. It takes two
people, working together, to do the
job Of rearing a family properly
Otherwise the good Lord wouldn't
have bothered to make both mothers
and fathers.
Evening star., 1947-07-08

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 Cass0eH
Evening star., 1947-07-08
By Helen Yogi Van Slyks
Beauty Editor, Glamour MAGAZINE.

AZ a girl who missed an impress
sive number Of headlines as beauty
editor for The Evening Star and
who has been maintaining that
record in the same capacity on
Glamour magazine, I am in the
somewhat precarious position Of
Evening star., 1947-07-08

A softly tailored two piecer to
make you feel young and slim. The
yoked top buttons down the back, is
colorfully trimmed with ric rae and
has buttons accenting the tiny
pleats.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1649 Is
designed for sizes II, IA, 16, 18, 90;
40 and 42. Size IA requires 4ls yards
of 35 or 39-inch fabric.
For this pattern, send Is 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 49,
N. Y.
Specially designed fashions, ways
10 beautify the home, free pattern
printed in the book-all are In
cluded in the Summer Fashion. 25
cents.
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Readers Clearing House

lwhen received another request ana
reminder in same mail that I re.
membered about the other people.
During the time that I was away
from home my husband kept house.
Not realizing the Importance OF the
papers that I kept lying on my
desk within easy reach he misplaced
nv folder. I've made several at
tempts to put on paper the methods
I've found so successful but after
reading them over to myself I've
never been pleased with the results.
If the kind people would send IN
the information again ! would DO
most grateful. Readers, please un-
derstand that I feel so bad about
this matter.
Now, so much for that. Is there
a way to make hair ribbons hold
their luster and stiffness? My little
girl loves so to dress up and II her
ribbons are not just right she oegs
for permission not to wear any at
all, "the vanity of prebobby soxers.
X X n Il
LULLABY.
(From Mrs. B. W. S, Saper SPRING.
In response to request from Mrs.
E. o. K, Falls Church, the following
is the lullaby she requested. WORDS
by Alice C. D. Riley. music by Jessie
L. Gaynor.
Baby's boat the silver moon.
Sailing in the sky,
Sailing o'er the sea OF sleep
While the clouds doat by.
Sail, baby sail.
Out upon the sea.
Only don't forget to SAIL
Back again to me.
Baby's fishing for 9 dream,
Fishing near and far,
His line a silver moonbeam Is.
His bait q silver star.
Sail. baby sail,
Only don't forget to SAIL
Back again to me.
I enjoy the Clearing House very
much indeed, and am so glad to at
last be able to answer some ones
query.
From Mrs. G. r. ~, Alexandria,
found the "Slumber Boat" In
the Cradle Book of Verse, chosen by
Louise Hovde and published by
the George H. Doran Co.. New
York. This anthology OF oaoy
poetry has proven invaluable to me
as it contains almost all the better
known baby poems and lullabies as
we'll as many rather obscure ones.
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CORN GRIDDLE CAKES.
(From Mrs. J. J. D., WashtngtonJ
For Mrs. A. G. c., Washington, an
excellent recipe for corn griddle
cakes. Two eggs, 2 cups buttermilk,
l cup sifted flour, cup corn meal.
/ teaspoon soda, IL teaspoons salt,
2 tablespoons melted butter. Beat
egg yolks slightly. add buttermilk.
sift dry ingredients together and
add to liquid mixture. Beat till
smooth; add melted butter. Then
fold in beaten egg whites. Corn
cakes require hotter griddle than
wheat cakes.
Evening star., 1947-07-08

The due bag tied the running board
load again. the to have slight starboard
the dtfel bag side We only hour late getting
there is fine sunrise, and perk bit.
We're sings out the F. P brisk and bright stepping
vigorously the starter; stepping again. third time
"Gas?" suggests the F. P, gently questioning.
Gas car We remember the last item that list
THE tomato caup spilled it, weakly. 1t
perfectly explanation why
forgot to
Evening star., 1947-07-08

ashamed Of until I decided to try the
roaster, 1t takes little longer Is
minutes or so) but the result is the
most delightfully."- moist and even
textured cake. So now, cakes are my
company" dessert.
I think the, roaster Is ideal for the
summer, It's portable SO you could
even bake in the basement. I also
like looking into the oven from the
top.
The only disadvantages I've found
are: it's smaller than a range oven
and won't take 3 layers Of cake Cbut
I get around this by fitting in two
layers and the rest of the batter,
if any, into muffin tins), for oven
canning (Which isn't recommended
anywayD it only takes pints. But
I'd highly recommend 1t for its
efficiency, portability, versatility
with the inset pans and the addi-
tion of the grill attachment, and
the ease with which It Is cleaned.
Now, for a request: How does one
starch clothes with an automatic
washer, or can you?
Some time ago a reader requested
different waffle recipes. Before the
war the General Electric Company
put out booklet 80 Waffle Re
cipes" that might help her If it's
still available.
Regarding radio programs-I very
seldom have our radio on during the
day because I get so fed up listen
ing to the trials, tribulations and
pseudo heartaches Of the soap op-
eras. like the suggestions for some
thing educational; book reviews or
actual reading. Another help would
be a IS minute program just before
lunch and dinner for pre-school
children 80 they could rest and
relax before mealtime and at the
same time allow a busy mother
freedom to prepare the meal for
them.
And let us know on which station
we'll find the revised" programs for
us stay-at-home housewives!
Evening star., 1947-07-08
APOLOGY:
REQUEST?

(Fr0nl Mrs. A. E. W., Washington. J
This Is a humble" request for
information that you so kindly gave
me just a very short time ago.
am the mother that asked for help
in teaching my son to read. On
May % I received several requests
for the same literature I SO CRATE
fully obtained from you. However,
on May Is after sending notes to
the interested parties saying
would forward same, I also received
news that, my grandmother" had
been hurt by a car. I've had to
spend every waking moment at her
side. It wasn't until June IA last
Evening star., 1947-07-08
ELECTRIC ROASTER;
STARCHING IN WASHER?
RADIO PROGRAMS.

(Fron Mrs. H. E. r., Arlington.)
In response to request Of I. L. N
H., of Washington, for information
on an electric roaster I'm SO pleased
with mine, I just had to pass it on.
An electric roaster fries, broils
and bakes, and couldn't take the
place of an electric range unless one
had a very efficient hot plate for
the top-of-stove cooking.
I have no idea regarding the cost
of operation but imagine 1t would
be reasonable because it runs of
ordinary current and needs no spe-
cial wiring as does an electric range.
Meats and poultry done in this
roaster are superb for my family's
taste, the only possible drawback
is the lack of crispness on the crusts,
but we gladly forego that in ex-
change for evenly cooked juicy
meat. AS for cake baking, never
could bake a cake that I wasn't
Evening star., 1947-07-08
PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE.


(From Mrs. O. L. S., Washington.
In answer to request of Mrs. r
H. S. for peanut butter fudge
recipe, the following is one which
never tails. One cup white sugar
/ cup brown sugar, 25 cup milk, !
cup peanut butter, vanilla to taste
Boil the sugars and milk together
until ball forms in cold water.
Remove from fire, add peanut but
ter and vanilla. Beat until well
blended; pour on buttered plate
and cut in squares. This never
fails to be q nice consistency and
needs little, If any beating, after
blending.
RENEWING MESH BAG:
ANCHORING SLIPCOVERS.
(Fron, Mrs. r. c., Washington.)
I would like to share with the
readers my experience with an old
aluminium mesh bag. These bags
seem to be the only worthwhile
buys in white bags and still they
cost, what seemed to me, so much
this year.
1 took the bag all apart. The top
with chain and the mesh part, I
dipped in strong solution of COM
mercial bleach and found that it
did whiten the mesh and improve
the top. The mesh, however, still
seemed worn looking so I painted
it with a white gloss paint. This
was very easy to do and made the
mesh look almost like new. I put
q new white outer covering on the
lining because it had become soiled
and showed through the mesh.
When the bag was put together
again, it presented almost new
bag appearance. If your top is not
yellow, I believe you could paint the
bag without removing the lining If
you will lay it fiat, as I did while
painting. I thinned the paint a
little.
A valuable idea given by Mrs. r.
B. M, Dunn Loring, last year seems
worth repeating at this time. I
have tried it and it works. To keep
slipcovers from riding, take pieces
of wood, strips about IL inches in
thickness Il like broom handles)
and the length Of the sofa and put
behind cushions and down sides of
sofa or chair after slipcovers are
on and wedge them firmly in back
of cushions and at sides.
X Il X X
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Over the Back Fence
By Isabel Hackeff

Family vacations after they but the essential
rations not fun at all
Some before vacation to start efficient housewife
list things bought and things to be done These
checked off bsy was attended to by
member of the family the trip start early five in the
everything should be ready by eight o'clock Of the previous
evening nights sleep could be had by ALL The only
to achieve this probably to start around the pre-
vious year.
There incredible the infinite variety in these
activities There logical from another
natural grouping general cagores This nervous strain
all The family starts of in the early dawn after being up
napphne instead appropriate
carefree gaey
things before leaving faster at the
The last items
impossible after the youngest spilled tomato caup
n remember, it went like this:
Evening star., 1947-07-08
! REWhatS CooRirl1 |
Caulih0wer Saute.

tabesnoon butter / cauldower
tablespoons olive oil salt ana pepper
garlic, minced tablespoon parsley mlnceo -,
Melt butter with oil in frying In 1t cook garlic
slowly cauower cut steamed until tender
Add to stir gently until each piece coated
salt stir again cover and COOK slowly
minutes. Add parsley lust before serving BY "V."
Evening star., 1947-02-27
The Chef Says

Starting dinner with . salad Is q
California custom that is gaining
popularity all over the country
even on the East Coast, where salad
long has been eaten between the
roast and the dessert. With the
wealth Of salad bowl ingredients
right at their front doors, 1t is no
wonder that Californians have dis
covered the appetizing qualities Of
q crisp, fresh green mixture to be-
gin q meal.
Right now there's q particular
salad that seems to be sweeping the
West Coast. It's called, variously,
California" Caesar" "Caliente"
salad, but essentially it's the same,
no matter which name is used. /
believe it originated at Aqua Cali
ente, and has been improved by dif-
ferent epicures as they came along.
No bland lettuce is used for this
one. Usually beautiful, crisped
leaves Of romaine are torn In bite
size pieces and placed in a big bowl.
Maybe some bitter escarole will be
added or perhaps a few leaves of
raw spinach. Il suppose dandelion
greens could be used, too-the idea
Evening star., 1947-02-27
Report to the Housewife

fresh until used. Never leave 1t
standing on the stove, say the scien-
lists. !. .. Small breaks in bath
room towels may he traced tc the
man In the house who wipes his
razor on them. Kitchen towels that
pinch-hit for pot-holders are also
likely to have short lives. Still an
other damaging practice is using
piIlowcases or sheets for laundry
bags. The strain Of holding load
Of clothes plus the extra wear and
tear acquired on the trip to the
laundry shortens the life OF sheet
ing. Reducing seems to be the
popular pastime these days. It Is
well to bear in mind that every one
Overweight, underweight or just
right) needs the same basic foods
for good nutrition. But overweights
should avoid the extra foods which
offer calories but little or no protec-
tive value in protein, minerals or
vitamins. II sour milk Is not
available, sweet milk may be soured
with citrus juices or vinegar. Place
1h tablespoons vinegar in stand
ard measuring cup, fill to one cup
mark with sweet milk. Use X
tablespoons Of lemon juice in a
similar fashion. A tuna fish bis
cult ring with creamed vegetables
makes a good Lenten supper dish.
To your standard biscuit recipe, add
! cup faxed or grated tuna fish and
a tablespoon or two Of minced pars-
ley. Drop the biscuit dough by
tablespoons on q creased baking
sheet to form a circle, and bake. Fill
the center with creamed vegetables.
Evening star., 1947-02-27
MAYONNAISE;
COFFEE STAINS?
HOT PLATE COOKERY.
From M. c.. E.. Bethesda.

(FTom M. l.. E., BetheSdQ.)
Now that salad oil Is again avail
able some one may be interested
in this simple recipe for mayon-
naise. It's fairly tart, so cut down
the vinegar if you prefer a bland
dressing.
Combine / egg, teaspoon salt,
l teaspoon sugar, y teaspoon dry
mustard, few grains pepper, cayenne,
and paprika.
Add l tablespoon vinegar. Beat
until well mixed. Then add II cup
salad oil, l tablespoon at q time,
beating between additions.
Slowly add l cup salad oil alter
nately with l tablespoon vinegar and
2 tablespoons lemon juice. Beat un-
til thick. Makes pint. This takes
about 10 minutes in all with a hand
beater. Much quicker with electric
mixer.
I'd like to know what will remove
coffee stains from an aluminium per-
colator. Steel wool pads will do 1t
but it takes lot of hard scrubbing
Isn't there something on can boil
in the pot?
Have just read Mrs. J. H. KS
plea for help in hot plate cooking.
After contending with an ancient
two-burner plate for 3 years feel
able to give few pointers. AS far
as meals go I'm sure you have tried
stews Of all kinds. Also try chilli
con carne (the package with pre-
cooked beans is good, Italian spa
ghetti, smoked tongue with raisin
sauce or fresh tongue with tomato
sauce, braised heart, beef la mode,
pot roast, etc. Try hamburgers with
lots of onion (make them thick)
and make a cream gravy to 60 over
them. Serve with noodles.
Experiment with deep fat frying
-fritters, etc. If you get a large
cast iron chicken fryer you can cook
meat and potatoes together. Try
cooking two shoulder lamb chops
rubbed with garlic till they're brown,
then add thick (A-1 inch) slices of
peeled sweet potatoes, sprinkled
Evening star., 1947-02-27
By Vioief Faulkner
Food Editor.

r0OQ GQltol.
lent looking fillet of sole, plus dried
herring, dried salty cod, smoked kip
pered herring, and smoked finnan
haddie. You can also purchase
frozen Goldfish cakes all prepared
ar boneless salt Goldfish In pound
packages. X ***
Here an@There: The flavor
ing substance Of onion is an oil that
blends with other fats and oils in
food. A good way to capture the
full flavor is to heat chopped onion
in little fat a few minutes ano
then add to other ingredients. Add
chopped onion to the oil dressing TO,
salads and allow 1t to stand an houl
or so before dressing the salad.
For q novel pie topping combine
tablespoons Of chopped citron and
70 cup Of orange marmalade, serve
over apple pie. Combine sharp
cheese, cream cheese, nutmeg, milk
and confectioners' sugar as top
ping for pumpkin pie. i. Use store
cookies with whipped cream, marsh
mallow and peanut brittle as des-
sert when the sugar supply is low
|. Cookery scientists take q dim
view Of the perpetually simmerins
soup pot Of grandmother's day.
They say the long cooking drives of
volatile flavors. That soup that
stews too long may have stale or
leftover taste. There is no advarl-
tage in simmering long hours. Once
the stock is made, 1t should 60 into
the refrigerator to keep cold and
Evening star., 1947-02-27
any tart, very crisp

seems to be any tart, very crisp
green.)
II you don't like garlic, stop here.
This salad positively glows with IL.
And don't let the raw egg scare you.
You won't know it's there.
| II you are using about three big
heads Of romaine, you'll need 4
cup Of garlic c-flayored oil, made by
chopping four peeled cloves Of garlic,
covering them with q cup Of olive
oil and letting this stand in the ice
box for several hours before you are
to use 1t. Also, ahead Of time, make
2 cupfuls Of crisp croutons dice
bread and dry 1t slowly to a golden
brown In the oven as you would
Melba toast.
When you are ready to mix the
salad-which should be done just
before serying-f1ll the bowl with
torn green's and pour over them V
cup Of the garlic oil and y cup Of
plain olive oil Sprinkle some Wor-
cestershire sauce-not too much
on top. Season well with salt and
freshly ground black pepper and
add cup Of grated Parmesan
cheese.
! Now, break raw egg directly over
the romaine leaves-don't beat it, no
matter how much you think you
should. Sprinkle the juice and pulp
Of 5 lemons over all, then toss and
mix very thoroughly until all trace
of egg has disappeared. Each leaf
should be well coated, and there
should be no puddle Of dressing in
the bottom 81 the bowl.
Dip the croutons quickly in the
remaining garlic oil-work fast to
keep them from getting soggy-add
them to the salad. toss once and
serve Immediately. It's wonderful!
Evening star., 1947-02-27

Brand-new In town the first Of
the week are the strained or diced
meats for babies and juniors.
They're the product of one Of our
well-known meat-packing compa-
nies. Mothers will appreciate the
convenience Of these meats as they
save the work Of scraping or chop
Ding and cooking. They're ready to
heat and serve. And, I'm told, the
can Of diced meat contains enough
meat to make q casserole dish for
two adults. A good emergency item
to have on hand when you're short
Of time or snowbound, as we were
last week! This meat comes In six
different kinds in both strained and
diced form-beef, heart, lamb, pork,
veal and liver. If you are inter-
ested In these new baby products
I'll be glad to tell you where they
may be purchased II you'll call me
at National 5000, extension 495. The
same store carries an excellent
spiced salad dressing made from
an old New Orleans recipe. You'll
like it to pep up your winter salads;
It's particularly good on greens, to-
matoes or avocados.
Since lenten menus present prob
lens to most homemakers, I went
down to the Municipal Fish Market
this morning to see what was avail
able in the fish and seafood line.
Judging from the well-stocked
counters, you can have a different
fish each week during Lent without
repeating: yourself. Among the vari-
Gus kinds found was fish marked
with large yellow spots weighing
between 10 and 20 pounds called the
tilefish. This has an interesting his
tory. it was first discovered in 1879
eff the Northeastern coast of the
United States, but in 1882 it disap-
peared and did not reappear until
10 years later. Apparently it does
this disappearing act at intervals
over the years, as the men at the
fish market told me 1t had been
practically extinct of late. In fact,
the tilefish hadn't been seen for a
number of years and now, all OF
sudden, 1t has started coming back.
It's fish rather like rock or red
snapper, is "steaked" and can be
broiled, baked or fried.
In addition to the eccentric tile
you will find fresh scallops, frozen
lobster tails from South Africa,
cooked shrimp, oysters, Holsters,
fresh lobster meat frozen in IA
ounce cans, frog legs, frozen soft
shell crabs and Southern diamond
back te-rapin from Tennessee. The
latter are right expensive and un-
less you are familiar with their
preparation you may not be inter-
rested in the terrapin. 1t does in
volve considerable time and work
to make the real diamondback ter
rapin soup.
Recommended, too, are smelts,
frosted haddock fillets, white perch,
sea bass, rock fish, trout, red snap
pers and blues from Florida, excel