Evening star., 1947-02-03

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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 CasweH
or all of them you will find yourself
forgetting age and concentrating on
personalities and mutual interests.
Age in itself is unimportant unless,
of course, the person in question
dwells on it too much. I count
among my dearest friends lady
who is in her 40s and another who
is so at least and yet I'm only "a,
Age simply hasn't entered into the
picture.
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SHAMPOO.
From Mrs. J. p. S., W1shington.)
In reply to an inquiry about sham
pooing of hair with white residue
remaining after rinsing, would rec
ommend the lady use about n cup
of vinegar to a rinse water, then
rinsing again with clear water, and
she will find hair lustrous and shiny
clean. Odor rinses out.
POPPY SEED RECIPE.
From C. L., Washington
Miss j. D., Takoham Park. The
Cottage Herb Garden of the Wash
ington Cathedral has compiled and
published a booklet called Herb
Cookies" In it there is an excel
lent recipe for poppy seed cake. The
cake is light, moist and baked in two
layers. In the booklet are delicious
recipes for poppy seed cookies,
poppy seed butter cookies and Ko-
lachys with poppy seed filling, as
well as many other delectable
recipes for cookies made with vari-
GUS herb seeds.
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LAMP SHADES.
From J. B., FairfdT.)
For Miss M. MacD., Washington
An excellent bulletin with instruc-
tions for making every type of lamp
shade, explicit and well illustrated
is the Cornell Miscellaneous Bulle-
tin No. A. Write to the New York
State College of Home Economics,
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
MENDING RUBBER PANTIEs.
From Mrs. C. E. K, Vienna.)
have suggestion for mothers
who have trouble with their babies
synthetic rubber panties tearing. !
have saved several pairs many
weeks more wear by putting ad-
hesive tape on them over the torn
places.
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FOOD PACKAGES;
From Mrs. G. ~, Washington
In answer to Mrs. M. F. T.'s re-
quest re food parcels would like to
add a few things to Mrs. M. j. C.s
list.
I am from London and have been
in America wonderful country for
over four years, so have had plenty
of experience in sending parcels.
think the food situation would be
the same in Scotland as in England.
I do not send so much canned foods
because these make parcel quite
heavy. I did send canned fruits in
the Christmas parcels and these
were appreciated, but I have found
that the prepared food mixes are so
much appreciated because they are
not available in England and all
they have to do is add water or milk
and bake. I send pancake flour
mix, ginger bread mix, devils food
mix, muffin mix, pie crust mix, etc.
My mother loves all these and I send
them every month. She says that
they cannot get anything like that
in London. Also jello is another
thing very much appreciated. Mince-
meat, soap, prunes and rice ere also
luxuries.
AFRICAN VIOLETS.
From Mrs. G. E. B., Glen Echo.)
If L. E. M, Washington, can get
a copy of Better Homes and Gar
dens for December, 1916, she will
find the most complete list OF in
structions and suggestions for the
care of African violets that I've ever
read. It's good!
TO PREPARE GRAPEFRUIT
| From Mrs. w. F. M, Washington. }
To Mrs. A. j. r.: An easy way to
prepare grapefruit or oranges is as
follows:
Cut off thick slice from stem
end of fruit, peel rest with thick
enough peeling to reach the juicy
part, then slash down through a
section and scrape out the pulp. Dc
the same to each section, then
squeeze the juice out of the re-
mainder with your hand, also
squeeze juice from any peel that
happens to be cut too thick. Take
point of knife and scrape out the
seeds as you go along with each
section.
I can prepare grapefruit in this
manner in five minutes as it is very
easy when you get used to it, and
Iif you have a strong. sharp knife.
Hope you like this method and that
lit will be help to you.
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ANSWERS TO REQUESTS.
From Mrs. M. H., Washington.)
In answer to the correspondent
who wanted to know how to keep
fruit cake. I have kept it as long as
four years by placing small glass
in the center of the cake and keep
ing the glass filled with liquid
fruit juice, wine or brandy worked
very well and I found the longer ]
kept it the better the cake tasted.
Some one wanted to know how to
remove a musty odor from a travel