Evening star., 1947-09-01
POEM FURNISHED.

(Fronl Mrs. J. C. w., Washington }
I have cleaned many helpful time
saving hints from this page over
period of time and feel that I'm
obligated to help another reader If
I can.
For B. J. c., Fairfax THE Ship
That Never Returned"
On a summers day while the waves were
With a quiet and gentle breeze.
A ship set sail with cargo laden
For port beyond the seas.
There we're sad farewells,
There were friends forsaken
And her fate is still unlearned
For last poor man set sail commander
On ship that never returned.
AND wsn liys in pecae and Joy forever
And they sent him forth with Q smile
On a a ship that never returned.
Chorus:
Did she ever returnP
No. she never returned and her fate is
Tho for years and years there were dear
For the ship that never returned.
These words and the music were
found in a little book called Treas
ure Chest of Homespun Songs" that
I bought in dime store in Wash
ington about five years ago.
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REMOVING MILDEW,
BLACKBERRY WINE.
(From Mrs. G. M. B., Washington J
For Mrs. H. D. S., Landover Hills.
I suggest the following method for
removing mildew.
Rub fabric well with wet soap,
then rub it with fine chalk, lay on
the grass in the sun and when half
dry, wet with warm water and let
dry. Then wash as usual in soap
suds and rinse.
For Mrs. S. G. c., Upperville.
Wine: Bruise berries,
measure them, and to every gallon
add a quart of boiling water. Let
stand for "a hours, stirring three
or four times during the interval.
The third day strain off the juice
and to every gallon of it add two
pounds of sugar. Cork tight and
let stand in a cool place until cold
weather. 1t is then ready for use.
I think this recipe might he sub
for blackberry preserves.
Raspberry Preserves: Eight cups
berries, Y teaspoon salt, 2 table
spoons lemon juice, 7 cups sugar.
in pan, cook slowly
and stir frequently until mixture
"jells" on cold plate. This requires
about Is minutes of cooking. Stir
and skim top. Pour pre-
serves into sterilized jars and when
cool seal with melted paraffin.
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LOCATING BOOKS?
From Mrs. r. E. L., Lamhan1.)
T. too, am very interested in trying
to locate some way to secure EDEN
books. I have SELF
Raised" and would love a copy OF
'Ishmael." Also would like to know
if there are other publishers who
make reprints outside of New York
as I've written to all of them in
New York many times but don't even
get an answer. I want to locate
back copies of these authors: Ethel
M. Deli. Temple Baily, Margaret
Pedler and Grace Richmond.
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QUERIES?
RED DEVILS FOOD CAKE.
fFrom Mrs. E. L. w., ArlingtonJ
1t would be appreciated If some
one who owns the square type Cali
fornia bungalow with corner win
dows would advise as to the best
type of storm windows to purchase,
i.e., something easily installed, pref
erably without removing the yene-
tian blinds.
Is there a product on the market
that can be painted on basement
pipes to prevent condensation? Also,
can any one give me any ideas for
curtaining the small oblong type
window in recreation
room?
For the lady who requested the
red DEVILS food cake recipe I submit
the following, which is excellent Il
acquired it through the RCH: One
and one half cups sugar, II cup but
ter, 2 eggs, " cup sour or sweet
milk, "a cup of cocoa or less, "a
teaspoon soda. II cup boiling water,
2 cups -four, / teaspoon of vanilla.
Place cocoa and soda in bowl, pour
hot water over II and let stand while
fixing the rest of the cake dm-
portant to. the red color of cake)
Cream sugar and butter vegetable
shortening can be used and add
eggs, then milk. Add cocoa mixture.
Add -four last, and flavoring. Bake
in moderate oven.
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STICKING SKILLET?
From Mrs. M. H. j., Washington
All of a sudden my copper covered
steel skillet and griddle began to
stick. I tried to use some salt on
both and still it does not help. In
cleaning I use only soap and steel
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