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Evening star., 1948-12-21
Report to the Housewife

will be priced rather high. However
II you only want them for an extra
garnish to add q bright spot oi
color, one box wouldn't be too hard
on. the budget. Anyway, next week
you can settle down to some good
economy dishes again and make
up for 1t.
Nuts of all kinds have been plen-
tiful this winter and the quality
unusually good. too. Did you re-
member to order enough so the
family can have plenty to nibble on
and still leave you a generous sup
ply for the kitchen? I've had 50
many calls recently about cracking
pecans 50 the kernals come out
whole, I'm passing on a few tricks
Of the trade you can use at home.
In commercial plants pecans are
steamed for few minutes before
cracking. This sterilizes and soft
ems the shells. When cracking,
pressure is exerted endwise on the
nut. Try 1t yourself and see how
easy 1t Is.
If you want your holiday guests to
know the nut bowl Is there because
you're really hospitable and not
just part of the Yuletide decor
set dish for the shells right beside
the bowl. Don't forget the nut
cracker and picks.
Now for the vegetable course of
your dinner, there's an excellent as
sortment of root and salad vege-
tables. Carrots, Canadian rutabagas,
turnips and parsnips are attractive
ly priced and they are plentiful
Onions, potatoes, green beans, cauli-
flower and green cateage are also
good practical buys for your holiday
menus. Tomatoes, escarole, shallots,
Belgian endive, chicory and lettuce
are fresh and green, just waiting to
be made into salads. Lots and lots
of crisp brittle celery rates a place
on the menu, too. Save the outer
stalks and tops to 60 into soups and
stews next week when you're econo-
mizing.
If you didn't find time to make
your own fruit cake, you'll still be
able to pick up some very good ones
at your grocer's or bakers. And for
the traditional plum pudding, here
again you can buy extremely good
canned varieties, in sizes to meet
your family needs. Heat them
thoroughly, turn them out on your
best platter and sprinkle the surface
literally with brandy. Garnish the
plate with garland Of holly. Touch
a match to the brandy and carry
the flaming pudding to the table for
a really festive dessert.
y X y
HERE AND THERE: To know the
swell of rice or dry beans is help
full because it prevents these foods
Evening star., 1948-12-21

to stuff the pig. Sew up the open
ing.
Truss the piglet-the forelegs for
ward and the back legs forward
tucking the latter close to the body.
Tie with string. Put child's wooden
block or a spool in the mouth tt
keep it open. Rub the pig all over
with butter, dredge 1t lightly with
salt and pepper. Put the piglet in
q roasting pan and add a couple
Of bay leaves, a medium onion
Chopped, q stalk of celery
(choppeO and a whole Glove of gar
lie. Pour over the porker cups
of strong bouillon and roast in a
moderate oven Is to 80 minutes tt
the pound. Basic frequently with
pan drippings. After an hours
roasting brush the pig again with
butter.
When done put the little animal
on your best platter and take the
block from his mouth, substituting 9
rosy apple or q lemon. Put cram
berries in the eye sockets and hang
q wreath of curly parsley or water
cress around his neck. Garnish the
platter with red cinnamon apples.
Evening star., 1948-12-21

from boiling over and saves food, a.
well as time and energy needed to
clean up afterward. So here is Q
practical pointer worth jotting down:
One cup Of uncooked rice will yield
81 cups Of cooked rice. Two cups Of
dry beans will yield 5 to 6 cups Of
cooked dry beans. Peanut butter
croutons make tempting soup ac-
compartment. Trim crust from
thin-sliced bread. Cut slices In /.
inch squares. Spread with peanut
butter. Toast and serve on hot soup.
I. The secret Of clever cooking
often lies in the seasoning. II you're
in salt and pepper rut," try these
seasoning ideas for new lit in your
meat menus. Use barbecue sauce
for baking frankfurters. Worcester
shire sauce, celery salt, garlic and
onion work wonders on a Swiss
steak. Curry powder Is not for curry
dishes alone. A small amount added
to veal outlets is just right for
subtle flavor. Rosemary In any
lamb dish is a fine accent. For
steamed pudding covers try the new
aluminium foil; stays on without ty-
ing, can be used many times.
Are your holiday linens wrinkIed
from being packed away? Get out
your steam iron and press them in q
jiffy. =. Grand idea for freshening
up bits Of ribbon, too. The wrinkles
disappear in a hurry. A new
maple flavor has been added to the
instant frosting family. These frost.
ings have become immensely popu-
lar because they are 80 easy to use
and simple to make. .. And speak
ing of new things, new rice pud-
ding has been added to the list Of
packaged desserts. The basic recipe
is simple: You add 21a cups of milk
to the contents of the package. Mix:
cook and stir over medium heat
until it reaches a full rolling boil.
Reduce heat and cook gently for 10
minutes, stirring occasionally. That's
all there is to it. One package serves
four people. You can make any
number of variations by adding
raisins, chocolate, nuts or spices.
Consistency, also, can be varied
since this is controlled by cooking
time. You can have o light, me-
dium or thick pudding as you choose.
Now that it's holiday time again
you're sure to have few stains on
your best set of napkins when the
dinner is over. Lipstick Ii q conn
mon stain, but difficult to remove.
Try this method: On washable fab
RIGS it Is sometimes removed In
washing, but it Is better to sponge
with a cleaning fluid, then wash in
warm suds and rinse. Dry-clean-
only fabrics: Sponge with cleaning
fluid.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Hot Mulled
Punch

This recipe Is planned for IS,
but may be increased or reduced
depending upon the number of
guests.
3 pints canned apple juice.
1H 2-inch cinnamon sticks.
! teaspoon nutmeg.
y cup sugar.
2 No. 2 cans pineapple juice.
! 46-ounce can orange and grape
fruit Juice blend.
2 oranges.
Whole cloves.
Put apple juice in kettle. Add
cinnamon and nutmeg and SIM
mer for 20 minutes. Add sugar
and remaining juices. Stir punch
mixture until blended. Stud Or
anges with cloves and add to
punch. Heat. Fill hot punch
bowl with punch. Yield, Is serv-
ings, two punch cups each (ap-
proximately / gallon).
Evening star., 1948-12-21
AHWhat$ CooRin' I

FRIDAY.
Old-fdshoned Vegetable Soup
Broiled Tuna Sandwiches
Ginger Cake fuse prepared ntr)
Apple Sauce
Broiled Tuna Sandwiches
sA -ounce grated tuna V cup mayonnaise
u chopped celery slices
u teaspoon salt Butter
y grated American cheese
Combine tuna with celery salt
and spread lightly with butter buttered with
spread is heated and cheese mes Serve
SATURDAY.
Ghrtatmaa Dtnnrr
Hot Tomato Juice
Roast Goose Orange-Bread Stu1ing
Wild Rice Brussel Sprouts
Celery Otues Cranberry Sauce
Tomato Aspic Salad
Plum Pudding Brandy Hard Sauce
Coffee
! young goose (0 pounds orange, Juice and rind
teaspoons salt 3 tablespoons lemon
Sufhng
Clean wipe dry but stuff open roasting
prick through the skin into the fat
wings heat In moderately
Remove and let cool to repeat this
times Rub with salt Fill Stufng in neck and
uncovered roasting moderately slow 25 degrees
allowing Is minutes for the
less roast in moderately allowing
pound Basting If desired
grated rind of orange prnkled
breast during the baking period. IL servings.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Readers Clearing House

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address.
We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star and, as 1t
is obviously impossible for us
to test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility for
them. Betsy Cas,OeH
Evening star., 1948-12-21

Make it waffle supper
WEDNESDAY.
Hot Wa67es and Sirup
Pork Sausage Links
Mtred Fresh Fruit Salad With French Dressing
Christmas Cookies Coffee
. cups sted -four TABLESPOON sugar If desired
2 teaspoons baking powder ~ milk
II teaspoon salt eggs, separated
tablespoons melted lard
t ingredients together Add yolks and milk and beat
thoroughly Add melted lard Fold in sty beaten whites Put
tablespoons of until waffle
steaming. Makes wafnes
Pissd HdmburgerS Corn Bread
Glazed Onions Broccoli
Caramel Nut Pudding
Hamburgers.
I pound hamburgers 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
~ teaspoons salt "a teaspoon dried basil
u teaspoon pepper tablespoons finely chopped
] wel-drained tomatoes onions
" cup shredded soft cheese
Mix hamburger with salt and Pat out In 9nch pie
pan tomatoes hamburger and sprinkle with the remain
moderate 5 degree FJ Tor Is to
% minutes Cut In wedges to serve. BY "Vi"
Evening star., 1948-12-21
CLOTHES CHEWER.

1AsS"s 80 CsS SstofNfktOsss/
For Mrs. M. S. s. To keep your
baby from chewing on her clothes
you might make bibs that not only
tie around her neck but also around
her waist. This would keep them
fiat 80 she couldn't get hold of /,
very well. I'm sure this In tenn.
porary habit, and after a few day.
or perhaps longer, of not being abl,
to get her clothes in her mouth
she will forget about it. I hope
this will help. At any rate the bibs
could be changed when they got wet
THANK YOU NOTES;
SUGGESTION
From Mrs. L. r. ~, Washington.
I wish to thank Mrs. P. G. p.
M. S. F. and the kind lady who
gave me the information about Fred
L. Karpin's book and classes.
knew I'd get the information! ]
have bought both books, the Bridge
and the Cook book by Ruth Hel-
berg.
Now wait only for the magic
way Of keeping bags neatly other
than buying new ones. Relative ia
my suggestion Of plastic bedspread
protectors. I think to add brush
fringe, ball fringe or pleated chintz
edging would make them fit into
the bedroom scene quite nicely and
they are 50 practical to keep the
spread dustleSs.
(From Mrs. II. A. ~, Huqhespille.
I want to thank I. H. for sub
mitting the poem Annie and Will
lies Prayer" I've always been a
faithful reader of the RCH, bul
never sent in a request before. From
now on whenever I can submit an
answer Ill sure do so.
I think it's just grand to find
out how helpful and willing people
can be.
READERS DIGEST:
REMOVING STAIR TREADS?
(From Miss c. B.. Washinoton.)
I have some old copies of Readers
Digest from 1898 through l943 anc
will be glad to give them to any one
who would care to have them.
Does any one have any sugges-
tions as to how to remove rubbe,
stair treads that are glued to the
stairsf
LULLABY.
(From Mrs. E. J. F., Washington.
Some one asked for a lullaby bu
I did not see it until a Tuesday eve
ming paper when she knew a part o
it SO am repeating it now.
o Birdie am tired now;
do not wish to hear you sing;
You sang your happy song all day,
Now put your head beneath your wing
I'm tired now as can be.
oh. sister, when my prayer 10 said.
want to lay me down and sleep;
30 put me in my little bed.
CHORUS
o sister what did mother say
When she was called by death away
She told me to always be good,
And never so astray.
She placed her hand upon my head
And whispered softly,
Keep my child"
And then they told nae she was
dead.
CHORUS
Come. sister, come kiss me goodnisht,
For my evening prayer have said.
I'm tired now and sleepy, too,
30 put me in my little bed.
It seems to me have known thi
all my life and am "a years old. ]
the one who asked for it ever live
in Pekin or Peoria will she pleas
aal r,,o az Gnla1.,akio 2aA20
Evening star., 1948-12-21
FRIDAY.
Old-tdshioned Vegetable Soup
Broiled Tuna Sandwiches
Ginger Cake fuse prepared mtr)
Annie Sdnce

sood plate =.
Scaloped Oysters Hot Biscuits
Asparagus Fresh Pear Salad
Fruit Cake Coffee
/ ripe Anjou cheese
3 slices
. cooked dried prlnes Cherries for garnish
Arrange greens plate
side
pears through of plate slices
pear dressing
MONDAY.
Veal Steaks With Crazy
Watercress Salad
Coconut VelDet Cream Cofee
Coconut Velvet Cream
! hot canned pineapple juice 3. heavy
cup shredded coconut cut
Dissolve eo in hot pineapple juice Chill until cold and srupy
Add milk Chill again until slightly thickened Fold in cream
whipped until thick stiff Fold
individual mold Chill until firm Unmold.
Garnsh with pineapple wedges. Makes servings.
TUESDAY.
Lamb SteU With DunplngS
Country Cole Sd1O
Chocolate Bread Pudding
Dressing
I tablespon fat Y teaspoon dry mustard
! salt
4 pepper
Z teaspoons yok, beaten
Melt fat blend in Add vinegar stir until mixture
together add
liquid minutes Pour beaten yok mix we'll
to and cook l minute longer.
crisp cabbage Mix with slaW dressing
pepper desired teaspoon OF seeds
celery seed be added.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
Sussex County Baseball
League Statistics

Jim Reed of Milton led tho hat
ters in the Sussex County PaeoboII 'I
League with an average Of %o3 40 |
according to officials records ''oo' 90
leased by 7. S. Hughes, league ste
tistician. ''''-
Milton, league champions. walk
ed off with five other bonors i'm in
Guiding team batting with ON ~
Kenny MahOn topped the nitcborS ,orO'
seven won against no losses o+1i for D D
perfect 1000 mark. Reed also la
in runs with 81, Al Bebelar u,itL itI
q stolen bases topped that denart @Iri
ment and Henry Millman had Tho
most triples. four. 'O TIC
Roy Mccullough of Milford v,oe
first in runs batted in with o. %
Lloyd Elton, Milford. was in 81 froIt 20.
in doubles with 16. The homo ,,iI wi.
race was a fOur-way tie amen r,,I
Clayton DOwnes, Hickman ~ As :
Brown OF Frederick; Cliff PhilIine "
LeWes, and Dick KINNEY NTi1fopd' p5'
Team B1tt;,,o ~
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
Poles Get Free Land

WARSAW - (P) - POland's min
istry of agriculture and land reform
is taking a leaf from Horace Gree
ley's book. It's telling Poles: Go
west, young man." To spur a west
ward exodus into land which once
were part Of Eastern Germany, the
ministry is offering farmsteads of
80 acres free for the next three
years.
That's the idea worked out by Jan
Dab-kOciOl, minister of agriculture.
to liquidate 1,732,50O acres of idle
farm land in the western etrritOries.
Dab KOciOl wants to see all of the
available farm land in cultivation by
the spring of 1949.
In making the farmstead offer,
Dab-kOciOl is carrying out direc-
tlVes of the Communist Workers
party for specialization of peasants
farm production and for sharpening
bitter class warfare" against the
So-caIled rich peasants" These are
the peasants who already own so or
more acres of land, possibly a trac-
tor, and employ hired labor. Dab
NOciol said in a press interview that
the small and medium farmers
would have first crack at the free
land offer. But to prevent any of
lhem from becoming rich peas
ants" the stake given them is not to
exceed 90 acres.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
Weather Forces
Court To Move
State Supreme Tribunal Continues
10 Hear Argument After SHIFT To
Law Library

A chilly court room in the Kent
County Courthouse forced the State
Supreme Court to more comfortable
hearing quarters in the Law Libr-
ary in the old State House on Mon
Gay.
New heating equipment is being
Installed in the courthouse but was
not In readiness for operation at
this time, leaving all Offices some
what frigid.
Ihe Supreme Court was hearing
argument in the action of Martin
u. Hannigan, paintiff in the New
Castle County Superior Court and
plalntlff in error in the higher tri-
bunal, V. ItalO Petroleum Corpora-
ton of America, defendant in the
lower court and defendant in error
III the Supreme Court PROCEEDINGS
when the judges decided to move.
The litigation involves two prOm-
lssOry notes which the plaintiff. as
assignee, is seeking to revorp.
Counsel for the plaintiff contend
that the judgment which should
have been entered in the lower
court should have been in favor of
the plaintiff for the face amounts
of the two notes, one for 50 .467. ~
and the other for $35,222.25, as divi-
dend payments claimed by the as
slgnOr. Fred Shingle. The court re-
served decision.
I .Crawley, Jr., Wilmington. was
admitted to the practice of law by
the court.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
National 4-H Achievement Week
Being Observed In Sussex Count,

program includes placing of DOS
ters and 4-H exhibits in store win
dOWs, parents nights, programs for
local organizations and initiation
OF new members in All clubs. Sus-
sex County All Clubs and their
members are observing National
4-H Achievement Week November
IL Sam GWinn, county All agent
announces. With the main theme
OF the club week, Creating Better
Homes Today for a More RespOn-
sible Citizenship Tomorrow club
members will emphasize their pro-
jeet work as a means of helping
All boys and girls to become more
responsible citizens.
The main objective of this week
in Delaware and throughout the
nation are:
L. To make report to the Ma
ton regarding the total accomplish
ments of All Club members during
the past year, emphasizing the sig
niicance of small. beginnings and
of cumulative effort as we'll as the
1948 theme, Creating better homes
today for a more responsible citi-
Zenship tomorrow" The general
public is entitled to this informa-
ton.
2. To highlight the outstanding
contributions of All club members
in the production and conservation
of food for home and abroad in or
der to emphasize the importance of
these efforts in helping to develop
worldwide understanding and a
lasting peace.
3. To see that parents in every
community understand and appre-
ciate what their own boys and girls
have accomplished through All
club work during the past year and
the significance of club work in re-
latiOn to the total All effort.
4. To give recognition to group
as well as individual achievements,
through All club work. Such rec
OgnitiOn is important.
5. To help All members to de-
velOp their own 1949 All club
plans, based on their 1948 All
achievements, particularly in local
All clubs.
6. To emphasize the OppOrtuni-
ties afforded rural young people in
All club, and encourage those not
yet enrolled to join in keeping with
enrolment goals set.
z. To make National All Achiev-
ement Week important in the lives
of all All club members. It is the
hope that everyone will do his full
part.
The clubs in Sussex County will
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05

( observe this week by placing nos
ters and exhibits of project work
IN local store windows to show the
type of work their club has been
doing; sponsoring programs for
community organizations. thus rem
derlng valuable assistance to their
communities. Several clubs are
holding Parents Nights and Com
munity Achievement Programs, for
the recognition of worthy All mem
bers, presentation of project pins
and the admission of new members
into their All clubs.
According to Mr.. Gwinn. the
"yardstick" for measuring the pro-
gress of club members is the four
fold development they have shown
as a result of their club activities
during the past year, and the con-
tributiOns they have made to the
Improvement of rural life in their
respective communities. He lists
some of their accomplishments as
follows:
1. Over $50 boys and girls par
ticipated in the 1948 club program
in Sussex County carrying 1T pro-
jects.
2. Approximately 200 club mem
bers exhibited projects at the Kent
Sussex Fair.
3. (a) Al acres of field crops
were grown with an estimated val
ue of $4,37O.9O.
(b) 31A acres of garden-valued
at S66414.
(c) 533 qts. fruits and vegetables,
81 qts. seafOOd and 100 fryers were
placed in frozen food lockers by
All girls.
Cd 1854 chickens were reared
by club boys.
(e) 4 dairy calves were reared
by All boys, valued at 10000.
(f) 19 brood sOws and Y pigs
were reared and valued at -5,5OO.OO.
(g) The estimated value of girls
projects was $1,OOO.OO.
CHI 1876 qts. of fruits and vege-
tables we're canned.
O 40 meals were prepared,
along with $50 different foods and
served to 1928 people.
4. In addition to these, II club
members attended the Annual All
Short Course at the University of
Delaware in June and As girls par
ticipated in the County Dress Revue
in October. These and many other
accomplishments serve as a basis
for evaluating the real cOntribu-
ton made by All members in Gre
ating better homes today for a
more responsible citizenship to-
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
HAY SEED
By UNCLE SAM
GO TO TT
GO no I'M

The great out-Of-dOors is calling
10 the person who is willing to 90
to 1t and be a farmer.
II you are going to be a success +,
Iul farmer early and late you will,
have to go to it.
In winter you will have to go to-,
it. !,
All through the long summer days
you will have to go to it. -
When you are prOspering YOU
Will have to go to it. ''
When prices are low and crops
are failing you will have to go to it.
When you are feeling fine you,
will have to go to it. ,s
When you feel like giving up, the &.
fight you will have to go to it.
When others are taking a vsea- y
tion you will have to go to it.
Your car may be old and your
clothes shabby but you will have,o
to go to it. =,
No matter what your family think
or say you will have to go to it. Io
If your farm is kept productive -
you will have to go to it.
If your pastures are kept in
shape you will have to go to it. lF
If your buildings are kept in
repair you will have to go to it.
All the year, all the day, all the
time, the farmer has to go to it.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
FARMINGTON

Quite a few from here attended
the parades last week at Seaford
and Harrington.
Mr.. Garley Parsons is visiting his
father here for awhile.
Mrs. Helen Deputy, of Harrinz-
ton, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Robert AL
gier last week.
Mrs. Gilbert Keim and family
were recent visitors in Harrington.
Mr.. William Fleischaur, Jr., was
nome over the weekend.
Mrs. Gilbert Keims' mother. Mrs
Brown of Harrington, visited her
on Monday of this week.
Master Daryl Algier spent the
weekend in Harrington with Mr..
and Mrs. Zack Hatfield.
A few from here attended the
oance at the Legion Home at Har-
rlngton, Friday night.
School was closed Tuesday due to
the election.
The farmers around here are busv
with their corn and soy beans Tbev
say soy beans aren't as high this
year as they were last year.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
British Push
Machine Tool Export

LONDON - (P) - Minister of
Supply George Strauss says Brit
aims exports of machine tools are
contributing to national recovery
and contributing to the prosperity
OF other nations. "I do not for a
moment accept the old argument
which one still sometimes hears
eXpressed-that by sending ma
chine tools abroad we are. bv re-
equlpping the industries of other
countries, enabling them to com
pete with us and damage us" he
says IF we are to prosper other
countries must prosper, too. and
prosperity can be achieved nowhere
without a measure of Industrial
productivity" ''''
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
Farmers Urged
To Make Wills

Making a will is probably more
important for the farm family than
for the city family, yet the majOri-
ty Of farm people do not make a
will, so says Miss Louise WhitcOmb.
extension home management spec
la1st for the University of Delaware.
A will, explains Miss WhitcOmb is
by far the best means of guarantee
ing that property will be disposed
OF as the owner wishes. Without a
will, the heirs may become involved
IN law suit continuing for years
before the estate is settled. It is
also possible that hard feeling NAV
develop among the children and the
farm be divided into small parcels
CT land. This is economically un-
sound.
Miss WhitcOmb suggests that the
tarm wife as we'll as her husband
be familiar with what an ADEQUATE
VIII does. 1t provides security for
the wife for the remainder of her
life time. Willing the land to her
means that she can keep her home
IL property is willed to her in fee
simple, she has absolute title and
can dispose of or will the property
as she pleases. Or the property may
be left to her as a life estate which
gives her the use of it for her life
but not the disposal of it.
A VIII means equitable treatment
lor the children or other heirs. II
also means that transfer of Dro-
perty can be made with minimum
OF friction and uncertainty. Even
the simplest will, Miss Whitcomb
continues, must be written. In most
states, it must be signed by wit
nesses, the number depending on
the estate. 1t is wisest to consult a
lawyer familiar with the laws of the
state in which the farm is located