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Evening star., 1947-03-31
WASHING MACHINES.

(From Mrs. M. S., Wastington)
In the past six years have owned
three different types of washing
machines; first a conventional one,
then an automatic, the well-known
type that Is bolted to the floor, and
now the slant-front, nonbolted type
referred to by Mrs. B. r. of Wash
ington. Though I am completely
sold" on the latter, I shall attempt
to give an impartial comparison OF
these machines.
/. The conventional machine. ]
consider it a back-breaker and a
time, water and soap waster!
2. The bolted-t floor automatic
washer is a good machine. If yol
have only a small space for a ma
chine, are permanently located anc
have a steady, dependable source OF
hot water you can, with care and
common sense, get good service
from it.
3. The slant-front, nonbolted type
I can describe only in superlatives
Mine does everything but talk! Fo1
one thing, it washes cleaner thar
anything I've ever seen or used. ]
understand that its perfect thermo-
static control and the slanted drum
which keeps the dirty water from
straining back through the clothes
are responsible for this. The par
ticular type of water softener rec
commended by its makers probably
has a lot to do with this super
cleanliness, too.
I find the small soap door. which
opens through the loading door, is
worth its weight in gold. You can
add or take out a small piece at any
time during the washing process
Last, but not least, I understand
that this machine is much easier
and cheaper to keep in repair thar
any other automatic machine. Give
never spent a penny on mine.) ]
have been told that several large
apartments are replacing theil
bolted-down automatics, as they
wear out, with the slant-front type
for this reason.
In specific answer to Mrs. B. Ri
questions, yes, this machine /.
sturdy enough to wash slip. covers
large bedspreads, mems work trous.
ers and cotton rugs. I have nj
specific example of a 4-by-6 rus
being washed in one, but I have 8
friend who washed a 3-by-5 shas
rug with perfect results, and sht
says she believes a larger one woulc
do as we'll. A word of caution:
little common sense Is in order witt
any machine. The reason thai
apartment machines give so much
trouble is that so many people JUS
don't care! When in doubt consul
your demonstration.
Evening star., 1947-03-31
HWhat$ Coohin'
Broccoli
Caramel Pudding.
TUESDAY.
Meat Pie
Sauted Corn
Caramel Pudding

Caramel Pudding
tablespoons shortening. l cup enriched -four
tablespoons teaspoon baking powder.
4 teaspoon salt.
cup milk
Caramel Sauce:
IL "a cup light brown sugar.
q milk. " flour.
Cream shortening together add and
ouy minutes St flour baking salt together add
creamed mixture alternately with the milk Put dough in bottom OF
baking dough- Bake in
moderate @ degrees F) AS the pudding bak the dough viii
to the top and the viii the bottom Serve hot For
the mix milk flour together
rotary eggbeaer by wi"
Evening star., 1947-03-31

The historic importance Of the egg at Eostertime is
shown in this series Of photos At upper left early
German print showing children hunting for eggs. At upper
right examples of Pennsylvania Dutch hond-
croft toy pitcher made Of egg and calico and dec
oroed eeg In the center German hord-boIed eggs
painted around 1900. The bottom shows three lo47
Eoser cards which the ideo (noee the two bow
ties).
Evening star., 1947-03-31

these slices would be removed from
the side farthest from the carver.
The ham is then turned so that
1t rests on this cut surface. Hold
ing the ham firmly with the fork, a
small wedge-shaped piece is cut
Evening star., 1947-03-31
POUND CAKE.

From L. B., Falls Church,
Sometime ago some one requested
a recipe for a pound cake, to which
I have seen no reply. Therefore,
am submitting the following recipe
which is an old one.
One pound butter, pound sugar
l pound -four (either cake flour or
Evening star., 1947-03-31

ming late. No, thanks. There are
too many Interruptions during the
course of a days work to worry
about doing certain things at GER
tain times. While picking up the
papers or magazines (that are gen.
orally in any spot but where they
should be- if I want to sit down
and look at a paper or magazine
want to feel free to do it, and
not have one eye on the clock.
Many pediatricians are now de-
Gliding that a rigid four-hour feed
ing isn't all that it might be for a
BABY. They are advocating that the
baby be allowed to sleep, and when
this little bundle of JOY awakens
ana cries for food, produce it. Also,
the am, 10 am, pm, 4 pm,
and 10 pm. hourly schedule that
most babies are put on is because
those hours were most suitable to
the hospital. Many families have no
reason to awaken at am. and
never did before baby arrived and
made it necessary for them to
change their routine. So instead
of making your hours suit the baby.
make the baby's hours suit yours.
If feeding the baby at am would
be better than am, consult your
doctor and see if it will be all right
to gradually slide the feeding time
up a couple of hours. AS time passes
the chilo will sleep longer, and will
not awaken at $50 and am. as
many youngsters of 3 to years of
age do. because they formed the
habit as babies.
AS fer your household duties, plan
to do as many things in one day
as possible without firing yourself.
If you don't get all the things COM
pleted that you hoped for, just look
back over the day and see what
you DID accomplish and in all
PROBABILITY you'll find you did pretty
well. If you do all the laundry,
you'll find that the baby's wash is
quite an addition to the suds de-
partment, so try and cut down
any way you can on the other laun-
dry, till the baby's wash isn't so
large. Don't try to iron sheets, pill
low cases or even your everyday
undies. These are all fresh and
sweet unironed. Furthermore your
linens will last much longer without
being ironed.
A schedule that will work out for
one person would not suit some one
else. So I felt that each individual
should try and plan a day to the
best advantage for individual needs.
Do the most important things and
If something has to slide, let it, you
will be able to do it tomorrow. A
psychologist once remarked to me,
one of the most important things
to husband is his wife's appear
ance. Try to be fresh, cleaned up
and happy when he gets home from
the Office. He'll notice what YOU
look like. but he'll probably NEVER
notice if there is a little dust in
the corners. You ride your house.
work and don't let it ride you
Good luck!
Evening star., 1947-03-31
GAMES;
CLEANING?

(From Mrs. M. A., Arlinqton.)
To the lady who wrote in to ask
about the childrens card game
Pig" The Penguin Hoyle, a Pocket
Book, has instructions for this and
many other card games for children
and adults. In case the lady who
wrote to induire about Nah Lowe
sees this letter, that game isn't in
the Penguin Hoyle.
I'm fairly new to housekeeping
and have gotten so many grand
household hints and recipes from
RICH, it's wonderful column. The
fairly tart mayonnaise recipe last
week was very good and I'd like tt
thank that lady, though I didn't
ask for the recipe. .
often wonder whether overdt
or underdo my cleaning and woulc
certainly appreciate it If some ex.
perienced housewife would write ir
and tell me how often most womer
clean radiators, sweep their ceilings
wash woodwork, scrub kitchen anc
bathroom floors, and clean and wa2
other floors, wash windows and dust
and wash Venetian blinds.
Evening star., 1947-03-31
RE: SCHEDULES.

(Fron, Mrs. H. S. M, Falls Church. J
For Mrs. L. M. Med, Arlington.
There will be a difference of ideas
I've no doubt, but personally I be-
lieve that an hourly schedule for
the average housewife is a lot of
bunk. For me, it would just be one
more thing to take care of, and
watch the clock to see if I was run
Evening star., 1947-03-31
RECIPES OFFERED.

Book" published by the New York
Herald Tribune, because it is sc
complete that almost every cook
can find almost everything she needs
in the way of recipes, between two
covers. This saves lots Of time and
seems to me more efficient than con-
stant asking for recipes for the
simple everyday dishes.
Two recipes that have been used
in our family for many years, with
great satisfaction, I offer the RICH
The one for baked brown bread
has never been found in any cook
book. The coffee spice cake is from
a book published at least 65 years
ago.
Baked Brown Bread: Two cups
sour milk, cup baking molasses
(prefer the light coloreO, / cup
white flour, ~ cups graham flour
u cup cornmeal, 2 teaspoonfuls soda
teaspoon salt. Mix soda with milk
add to molasses. Stir in other in
gradients, beat well, to mix thor
oughly. Bake rather slowly in two
loaf pans about by 8 inches
Should bake about IS minutes.
Coffee Spice Cake: One and one
half cups sugar, Y cup cooking oil
or melted vegetable shortening, ]
egg, 21a cups -four, teaspoon soda
u teaspoon salt, teaspoon each OF
cinnamon, cloves, allspice, cup cold
coffee, l cup raisins. Bake slowly
Does better in pan with center
"well' or tube.
Evening star., 1947-03-31
Readers Clearing House

general purpose -four, l pound eggs
g or 9 depending upon size).
Sift the flour twice. Cream butter
and sugar thoroughly. Add a whole
egg and flour alternately, mixing the
egg thoroughly each time to avoid
the yellow of the egg streaking when
the cake is baked. Bake in tube
cake pan at 275 degrees until tooth
pick inserted will come out clean
Twill take from one to two hours)
This cake requires no icing and is
better if made several days before
it is to be used.
POEM WANTED?
(Fre3s Mrs. j. A., Arlingotn.)
There Is poem about a mother
talking with her teen-age daughter
The last two lines are:
Your need of me. if you but knew.
Is only half my need of you.
I wonder if any reader can help
me locate this poem.
Kx X
PARODIES WANTED?
(FTonl Miss M. E., WGShington.)
Please, can some one give me the
title and author, or tell me where
I might be able to obtain an old
nonsense poem? I recall only a
couple of lines:
Twas midnight on the ocean.
Not streetcar was in sight.
I believe this poem may be a
parody on "The Barefoot Boy" as
I think there was another portion
of it which went like this:
The barefoot boy with shoes on.
Stood sitting in the grass.
I have tried to obtain this poem
through two of the Washington
branch libraries, but in each place
the librarian has been unable to
help me find it.
Evening star., 1947-03-31
PINEAPPLE SALAD.

from Mrs. M. H., CHttcn.)
Here's very delectable salad I
found by experimenting. One let
tuce leaf, top this with l slice pine
apple Canned or fresl) then cover
pineapple with chopped green pep
per (sweet pepper teaspoon may
onnaise. The flavor is wonderful.
Evening star., 1947-03-31

2 tablespoons shortening
2 tablespoons sugar.
! egg.
Evening star., 1947-11-18
Co|esvi|Ie Citizens, Phone
Official 10 Discuss Service

Better telephone service and a
new exchange will be discussed by
the Colesville md Citizens Asso-
citation with J. D. Dyer, district
commercial manager of the Chesa-
peake e. Potomac Telephone Co., at
8 pm. tomorrow at the associations
regular monthly meeting in the
Colesville School.
The telephone company's pro-
posal of new exchange and a
change of rates for all subscribers
between Quaint Acres and Ednor in
the Colesville area has been made
as a result of the associations efforts
to obtain better and cheaper tele-
phone service in the community.
According to DR.. Howard A. Tan
ner, president of the association,
residents of Colesville now must pay
a toll to call neighboring exchanges
The new exchange. he said, would
cut down the telephone company s
mileage charges and therefore lower
the basic telephone rates in the
area. The only disadvantage, he
pointed out, would be slight in
crease in rates to persons now
sharing a party line.
Evening star., 1947-11-18
Safe Robberies Probed
In ARLINGTON, Fairfax

Arlington and Fairfax police to-
day were seeking men who used
similar tactics in cracking safes in
the two counties.
In Arlington they obtained moth
ing, but in Fairfax they got between
$500 and $500, police reported.
In Arlington a 200-pound lock box
was taken some time Sunday from
the r. E. Waters service station,
1922 South Abingdon street, next
to the darlington fire house The
safe, the door pried open, was found
abandoned Sunday night off West
moreland street, Falls Church.
In the Fairfax crime. the safe
was taken from the Office of the
Murphy & Ames lumber yard In
Herndon and abandoned about 3
miles north of town on route 2s.
It was found yesterday, the door
pried open, and the cash contents
missing, police said. In both bur-
glaries, doors of the buildings were
"jimmied" to gain entrance, police
said.
Evening star., 1947-11-18
John J. Clancy, h., Named
Charity Group Secretary

Appointment of John J. Clancy
jr., as permanent executive secretary
directing the work of the Catholic
Charities in the Northern Virginia
area, was announced today by the
Rev. Thomas r. Scannell, regional
director
MIR. Clancy assumes charge of the
office at 1909 North Fairfax drive
this week, replacing Mrs. Catherine
Gannett, who has served pending a
permanent appointment.
Formerly with the American Red
Cross at Springfield, Mass, and dur
ing the war in the Sonth and South
west Pacific, Mr.. Clancy is grad
uate of the Boston College, Schoo.
of Social Work and the Boston
Public Latin School.
The Arlington Office of Catholic
Charities is family and child well
fare agency. A member of the Ar
lington Community Council. it be-
comes a participating member of
the Arlington Community Chest in
January, 1948. =
Evening star., 1947-11-18
MitcheIFs Three Children Listen
Unseen as I 200 Enjoy Concert

Although rapt audience of 1900
children and adults listened with
reverent attention to the concert
sponsored last night by The Eve
ming Star in Woodrow Wilson High
School, featuring the National Sym
phony Orchestra under the baton OF
Howard Mitchell, some of the most
enthusiastic listeners were crouched
around a radio a few blocks away.
There, in a modest two-story
white frame house at 400 Fessen-
den street NV, three of Mr.. Nit
chell's four musically inclined chill
dren were checking on the orches-
tra's every note and chord.
On concert program-where
some day they all hope to be listed
they would be described as Lor-
raine, piano: Glenn. cello, and
Martha, violin. Lorraine. IA, is ad-
mittedly the star of the family.
Glenn, II, hopes to be conductor
some day like his father-but first
he'd like to be "a football star at
Notre Dame or Georgetown" Mar
tha, 9, Is being taught violin by her
mother.
Baby-Sitters for Concert.
The youngest member of the fam
lily is Jerry, 2, the reason why the
older children weren't among the
appreciative listeners in the school
auditorium. They were baby-sitters.
But the listening audience at the
Mitchells' could be increased to four
if you counted Boots. wire-haired
terrier who simply hates jazz"
The Mitchell children shared with
other listeners on WMAL, The
Evening Star station, the privilege
of hearing for the first time on the
air Russell Benefits overture to
AN Imaginary Drama which was
played from manuscript by the or
chestra. AS they did at the end of
each, of the five selections on the
program, the audience at the school
applauded the performance of the
overture until Mr.. Mitchell had
taken several bows and repeatedly
signaled the orchestra to rise.
Mr. Bennett's overture was fol-
lowed by Sibelius' colorful but
gloomy symphonic poem, EN- Saga.
Opus g." and the always popular
ride of the Valkyries,' by Wagner.
Although the audience didn't
know 1t, the orchestra's rendition
of the second and third movements
of Tschaikovskys Symphony No. 4
Evening star., 1947-11-18
Exposure Blamed in Death
OF Man in Cemetery

The death of John M. Morris, AZ,
of 431s Spring street, Suitland. In
nearby Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
was attributed to exposure in a cer-
tificate issued yesterday by DR..
James I. Boyd, medical examiner for
Prince Georges County.
DR.. Boyd said he found no evi-
dence Of foul play in Mr.. Morris
death. The body of the electrician
and radio repair man was found
about noon Sunday, encircled by
footprints in the soft ground at the
cemetery. He was last seen by his
family Saturday.
The medical examiner said labor&-
tory tests would be run on samples
of blood from MIR. Morris body, but
that barring other developments the
verdict Of death due to exposure"
would stand.
Evening star., 1947-11-18
WAA Associate Due
To Testify Today in
Gorm|ey Fraud Trial

The Government today planned to
put Louis v. Dionne on the stand to
testify in the fraud trial of Charles
Gormley which opened yesterday in
Federal Court at Alexandria.
Dionne and Gormley were in
dicted jointly last spring on charges
Of fraud against the Government in
connection with War Assets Ad-
ministration textile sale at the Cam
eron Depot near Alexandria in De-
cember, 1916.
Dionne. a former WAA employe.
pleaded guilty shortly after he was
indicted. Gormley, however, pleaded
not guilty.
Assistant United States Attorney
Walkley johnson told the jury in his
opening statement he would show
that Gormley purchased 10000 yards
of black melton cloth at the sale at
$40 yard and then paid Dionne
a sum Of money to change the sales
document to show that he had pur-
chased 10000 yards at that time.
Henry Marks, New York ma
terials purchaser, testified for the
Government that Gormley sold the
10000 yards of material to him for
$50 900 shortly after they were in
troduced at the Mayfiower Hotel in
December, 1916. He said he paid
1921 cents per yard and was as
sured by Gormley that cloth in four
trucks at the WAA sale site was the
same as the bolt OF goods he in
spected.
Ray Jenkins, one of Gormley's
attorneys, contended in his opening
statement that Gormley actually
purchased the entire 10000 yards Of
cloth at an average of SLOT cents
yard with the understanding that
all but 10000 yards was mildewed,
and Immediately resold 1t to Mr..
Marks at 1922 after telling him
also that 1t was mildewed. Mr..
Jenkins said in addition he would
show that Gormley knew nothing
about the alleged changes made on
the sales documents.
Evening star., 1947-11-18
Laurel Driver Acquitted
In Monsloughter Cuse

Philip E. Souder, %, of the 400
block of Carroll avenue, Laurel, was
acquitted in Hyattsville Police Court
yesterday of manslaughter charge
resulting from a traffic accident In
which pedestrian was killed. He
was fined 500, however. by Trial
Magistrate Alan Bowie for reckless
driving.
Souder, a mechanic, had been
charged by Prince Georges County
police with being the driver of an
automobile which struck Joseph
Smiley, 43. of Ffftieth place. Branch.
vile, as the latter crossed the Wasts
ington- Baltimore boulevard at Ber-
wyn on November T. The victim died
three days later from a skull free.
tire
Evening star., 1947-11-18
Mrs. LinzeI viii Address
New Arlington Round Table

Mrs. Frank A. Linzel. executive
secretary of the Washington Round
Table of the National Conference Of
Christians and Jews, will speak at
the inaugural meeting of the Arling-
ton Round Table, at $50 o'clock to-
night.
She will welcome the new group
into the conference. Other speak
ers will be Judge Norris Conroy
Bakke,- co-chairman of the WASH
ington Round Table, and DR.. Ivan
A. Booker of the Board of Directors
of the Arlington group.
Officers for Arlingtons first chap.
ter of the conference are: Mrs. WAL
ter J. Moore. vice president, and
Harry M. Goldstein. secretary.
treasurer. On the Board of Direcs
tors are: Max Barash, DR.. BookerY
Mrs. Patrick Carter, DR.. Lew A.
Peeler, Rev. Thomas P. Scannell and
Rabbi Ira Sud
Evening star., 1947-11-18
HyattsviIIe Council
To Study Plan for
Town Parking LOT

The Hyattsville Town Council will
meet in special session Friday to
consider proposal that municipal
parking area be established in lieu
of installing parking meters.
The Council received a report last
night that merchants are over
whelmingly opposed to the meter
system and believe the parking
problem can be solved by setting
aside municipal parking area.
A committee appointed to investi-
gate the matter said $697 had al
ready been contributed toward the
financing OF lot in the vicinity OF
the overhead highway bridge. Men,
bers said they could raise additional
funds without trouble.
The committee recommended that
notice of one-hour parking limits
be given on signs placed along
Hamilton street and some other
thoroughfares. 1t reported that the
Hyattsville Theater has offered day
time use of its parking lot to the
public.
The Council complied with the
request of a delegation of minis
ters and other citizens, who urged
that a protest be filed against
granting the Blue and Gray Club
a license to sell beer at the State
Armory. The delegation, headed by
the Rev. DR.. Harry Evaul, COM
planned that beer would be sold in
the presence of boys in the teen
age group.
The Council forwarded written
objections to the Prince Georges
County Board of License Commis-
sioners and instructed Corporation
Counsel w. Carroll Beatty to ap-
pear in protest at hearing sciled-
uled Thursday.
The Council appropriated 500 for
use OF the Prince Georges Health
Department In new campaign
against rats.
1t approved the motor court
plans of j.. r. Lillard, an attorney,
who will now ask permission for
the project from the county COM
missioners. -....
Evening star., 1947-11-18

in F Minor" was done without re-
hearsal. But the faultless direction
of Mr.. Mitchell gracefully brought
the violins through the difficult piz-
zicato string accompaniment which
predominates much of the scherzo.
Three Dances Close Program.
The program was concluded with
three Romanian dances by Bella
Bartok, following which the school
audience refused to leave the audi
torium until Mr.. Mitchell had re-
turned to the podium several times.
During the brief intermission.
Thomas J. Holmes. principal of
Wilson High School, greeted the
many pupils of the school, who.
with their parents and friends of
the school, were guests of The Star
at the concert. He paid tribute to
the National Symphony Orchestra
for its great part in the cultural
program of the Nations Capital and
thanked The Star for making pos
sible the neighborhood appearances
of the orchestra.
Last nights program, the third in
this seasons Neighborhood Concert
Series. was attended by more chill
dren than any previous concert this
year, Mr.. Mitchell said. Several
children, evidently unaware that in
vitations to the concerts could be
obtained at The Star or from the
host schools, were found crowded in
an ante-room near the stage.
Appreciate Good Music.
The conductors belief that chill
dren do appreciate good music was
borne out by his daughter Lorraine.
who declared her schoolmates at
Immaculate Seminary are very in
terested in classical music" But she
added her own position as daughter
of the National Symphony's assist
ant conductor and first cellist does
not entitle her to any special favors
from her teachers.
All three children solemnly agreed
the concert had been very good"
and that Daddy" did a fine job.
Hes a very good conductor, you
know" they said.
And a very good cellist,' added
Glenn, who takes lessons from him.
The next school concert will be
Mopday night in the Leland Junior
High School. Invitations may be
obtained from Room 724 of The Star
Building. They also will be available
at the school.