Evening star., 1948-09-29
R leaders, Clearing House

it were shortened and thinned il
would curl mere. To my disappoint-
ment there is no curl today. Home
permanents won't take in her hair
50 again my advice is don't have
those curls cut.
PLASTIC PILLOW COVERS.
(From Mrs. R. G. R., Washington
To Mrs. N. l., Washington: While
my suggestion may not be the solu-
ton, / am certain she and other
allergy sufferers who use plastic pill
low covers will find them much
more comfortable If a pillow tick
cover is put on over the plastic cover.
The ticking can be purchased by
the yard around TO cents or a
ready made pillow cover can be had
at about $l.25 at most department
stores.
From Mrs. r. II. H., BeltsDiue.)
When goose down Is first picked
it has quite an odor which is re-
moved by summing and airing Gin
bags for some time. Perhaps the
down In your pillows was not treat
ed long enough to remove all odor.
Hang them out, not in the plastic
cases, on bright, breezy days, until
the odor is gone. ... d.
&* 49,
LITTLE WILLIE?
from r. r. B., Chevy Chdse.)
I am interested in locating the
complete poem about Little Willie?
In the best of sashes fell in the
fire and was burned to ashes," etc.
I would be most grateful il some
one could tell me where a collection
of these jingles could be found.
PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES;
PIE HINT.
(From Mrs. B. w. E., Washington J
My special brand of Peanut Butter
Cookies. Originally used the recipe
which comes with q certain brand
Of condensed milk but I have made
additions which make many more
cookies, nice chevy ones, that many
people prefer. To 1 can condensed
milk add y cup peanut butter and
blend well. then add l egg (un-
beatenD and mix well, then or 4
tablespoons of warm water accord
ing to whether you wish your
cookies to spread out thin or be
just small mounds, now add l cup
of uncooked oatmeal. and mix we'll
and finally add IL crumbled graham
crackers. This gives you the base
for plain cookies but you may add
raisins or a package of chocolate
bits to the above mixture or even
cocoanut for variety.
Drop this mixture by teaspoon
fuls on a creased cookie sheet or
good-sized shallow pan and bake
about 10 minutes or until the edge
shows a nice brown. These are
delicious, and will make about
four dozen.
To RICH. this Is my special inven-
ton for overcoming pies that boil
over and it certainly works every
time, no matter how juicy the fruit,
except for canned fruit with much
added juice; then the Juice should
be thickened in double boiler by
adding cornstarch.
Place fruit in lower crust as
deep as desired, sugar to taste.
Then sprinkle q Light covering OF
flour over the fruit with q bit more
around the edge of the fruit, close
to the sides of the pan. Roll out
top crust not quite the siSe4 Of the
fpan, place the pan on this End
t'shnting'"a knife In towAfdl the
| bottom of the pan, keep the knife
close to the edge of the pan and
run it completely around, cutting q
circle slightly larger than the bot
tom OF the pie pan. Remove pan
and with a sharp knife put short
slashes, about / inch from the edge,
all around this circle and place over
fruit. This top should be at least
Y to "a Of an inch from the edge
of the pan. We do not seal the
pie at all. I made two peach pies
recently and the juice was boiling
merrily when I removed 1t from
the oven, but none had run over.
Friends who have tried this say
it is a perfect solution. Hope there
won't be any more boiled-over pies!
ANSWERS ON COAT.
From Mrs. F. M, TGkon1G Park
This is in response to the query
from Mrs. H. w., Arlington re a
warm substitute for a fur coat.
I have never had q leather lined
or fur-lined coat, but I have had
two chamois- s-lined ones. They have
both been quite as warm as the
three following named fur coats
which I have had in the past: Pony,
northern seal and caracul.
The chamois Lined ones I have
had are the button-in kind. think
If possible the zip-in Innings would
be better because sometimes the
button in kind don't stay buttoned
so well. -
The disadvantages of these coats,
as far as I am concerned, are that
they are strictly tailored and are
somewhat bulky and do not fall
in smooth, graceful lines. However,
am willing to sacrifice these fea-
lures for a good, warm coat. I am
one of those people who is SO cold
blooded that I fairly shiver and
shake in even moderately cold
weather In an ordinary cloth coat.
(From Mrs. M. A. p, Washington
In regard to your coat problem:
have been the owner of fur coats,
as we'll as two cloth coats, one cloth
tcoat had a chamois zip-in lining
which when sent to the cleaners,
with the coat, never appeared to
have been cleaned and I often won-
dered If 1t had. Then again I
noticed after a few years of wear
the chamois began to split. Per-
haps this was due to the cleaning,
although I wore the coat six years.
It has its advantage in that you
can wear the coat without the lin
ing in the early spring.
Two years ago I bought shag-
moor coat. I am very fond of this
coat. although unless you wear a
long sleeve dress or suit underneath
I would suggest knitted wristlets,