Evening star., 1947-01-09

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From Mrs. B. N. B., TakomG Park,
Twas the night, after Christmas thu
The Living room looked like Junk dealer
shed;
The train was agog-sog, half of Of th'
track
doll baby. armless, lay prone on it's back
An elephant sat with a hole in his side I,
The cavalry troops, horses, riders, and all
Were pitched on their faces-a terrible
The dump truck was dumped with its Loaf
And the headlights burned out, to be Ii
The whiskers were pulled from the cat
Was despatched with candy-and so wal
The airplane had crashed with its nos'
And the bugie, quite dented, was past al
recall;
The bus and the tractor. the donkey
Had ali been demolished by hammer ane
The Christmas tree stood in the corner
And looked on the wreckage. forlorn ane
alone:
Poor mother, with poultices placed OF
Fell asleep on chair before going to bed
And father, for playing from morning II
night,
Was paying the penalty, serving him right
With no one to clear up the debris til
And this is the picture. as I understand
OF the night after Christmas, all owe
the land.
By JOHN J. DAILY.
(From D. F., TGEomG Park
THE NIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS.
Twas the night after Christmas and al
Not a creature creature was was Stirring. not even tn
The mechanical mouse. the marvelou
Who travelled and travelled all over tn
His spring was demolished and powerles
From the little toy soldier with his littl
He lay on the hearth-rus and tremblet
OF the cotton wool cat who was frightfull!
The mechanical cat-so gaunt and gray
Who had chased him about on Christina
And the little toy dog. whose bark wa
controlled by a spring. in his side
Looked fierce and bold to the poor littl
mouse, the mechanical mouse
Who travelled and travelled all over tn
house.
In terror he shrank from the whole TO!
But he need not have worried for thei
BY MRS. JOHN T. VAN SAINT.
I have copied this from a type
written copy that I received from
an elocution teacher in California
about Is years ago. The information
about authorship is as it is on m!
copy; I have never seen regula'
printed one. This is in answer tt
a request by c. R. L., Washington
I'd like to receive parodies OF
other familiar poems!
CLEANING COPPER KETTLE.
From Mrs. r. M. c., Washington.
In December 81 RICH, Mrs. W
M. B., Washington, asked abou
cleaning a copper kettle. woult
like to tell her how I cleaned tw'
copper chafing dishes that were il
my cellar for I know a good 2!
years without being used. Now the,
were dirt covered and, naturally
black. At first, I used a well-knowl
metal cleaner, to no avail. Then
worked on them with soap ant
water first), with the old vinega
and salt solution-about a table
spoonful of salt to a cup of vinega
using fine steel wool 1t turns ;
wierd color at first, but after stand
ing a while and being washed again
in hot soap suds it begins to lool
like copper. Then I used the meta
cleaner. 1t might be days work
depending on how many times on
has to treat the object.
From Mr.. C. c., Gernanto1rrt.)
You can clean your copper KEITH
with soldering fluid. This fluid Cal
be bought in hardware stores ant
from the mail order stores.
Usually the fluid can be used cold
merely rubbing briskly with coars'
cloth saturated in fluid. In stubborn
cases it may be necessary to hea
the article to be cleaned. The hottie
the better. Heat small area to b.
cleaned and swab with cloth O.
brush dipped in soldering fluid. Re
peating as necessary. For fina
polish use your regular brass polisl
after the dirt is removed.
If you cannot obtain soldering
fluid you can make your own b!
making saturated solution of sa
ammoniac, obtainable in dry form a
most drug stores. A word of eau
ton. Go easy on the heat if an.
part of the article is soldered, as j
melts easily.
X \ X X
ITALIAN SPAGHETTI.
TOLL HOUSE COOKIES.
From Mrs. L. S. McC., Siluer
Spring.
I thought some one might be in
terested in the following recipes
One is for Italian spaghetti will
meat balls that was given to m