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Evening star., 1948-02-23
A New Era in Cookery

pancake ONLY ONCE. Bake 'em
until the cakes are covered with tiny
bubbles and the edges look dry; turn
and bake until brown on the other
side. But don't pat 'em and don't
keep Tipping 'em back and forth,
that is unless you want nice soggy
limp cake. Serve them hot off the
griddle" if you possibly can; stack
ing the cakes and letting them stand
tends to make them soggy, too.
If you have a bit of leftover
cooked meat on hand, dice it, and
fold it into the pancake batter before
baking. Maybe it's just a bit OF
cooked corn in the refrigerator; If
so, then fold that into the batter,
bake and you have corn pancakes.
These are good with syrup, or for
supper serve the corn pancakes
topped with sausage. Cheese pan
cakes topped with applesauce is a
natural for the main dish on meat
less day. Simply fold grated cheese
into pancake batter and bake. Des-
sert pancakes are simple answer
to a hurry up dessert problem. You
may have a bit of mincemeat left
over, fold it into your pancake bat
ter. bake and serve with syrup; or
fold cup of chopped uncooked ap-
pies into the batter before baking,
Evening star., 1948-02-23
Nurses Aides

With hospitals still over
crowded and shorthanded, there
is a real need for Red Gross
volunteer daytime nurses aides.
The new class for nurses
aides will begin Monday, March
6, and will meet on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays for
the following five weeks. They
will train at Emergency Hospital
and at Children's Hospital, with
the emphasis on clinic and ward
work at Children's Hospital.
Upon completion of the course
the volunteer receives her
nurses aid cap and certificate
at special graduation cere-
monies and then receives a
regular assignment. To enroll
call Republic $500. Extension
284.
Evening star., 1948-02-23
Scarves Tell a Storv

to her stock, sending souvenirs from
spots they visit when travelling. Mrs.
Trundle hopes their generosity Will
persist until she has souvenir from
every State. An enthusiastic hobby.
ist. she counts sewing, artcraft and
collecting scrapbooks among her
activities.
Unless you're quite a young 'un,
you'll remember the Big Apple. !"
popular dance of the late 30's. A
colorful scarf in Mrs. Trundle's coll
lection pictures some of the steps
that were part of that Goth century
version of the square dance. Gay
pictures Of Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs and of the Mardi Gras
were used decoratively on her
scarfs, too.
What's YOUR hobby7 Call Betty
Miles, National 5000. extension
396-she'd like to hear from youl
Evening star., 1948-02-23
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
Evel.ing 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 Casual
Evening star., 1948-02-23
By Peggy Roberts

This crocheted luncheon cloth is
in the "jiffy" class because it works
| up so quickly. AS it is crocheted
from the center out you can make
the cloth as large or small as you
| wish.
To obtain this pattern, send 15c in
COINS. giving pattern number, your
name, address and zone number to
Peggy Roberts, The Washington
Star. P. o. Box 100, Station G, New
York 10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1948-02-23
GOLDFISH.
from Mrs. M. M, Arlington,

(From Mrs. M. M, Arlingto1.)
May make my second visit to
your fine and useful page in an
attempt to rescue the poor little
goldfish from too much attention,
such. as many give them in their
kind intention to take the best care
of them?
I have had three goldfish for
nearly four years, and they get very
little attention. They are in a
globe shaped bowl (hand painted on
one side), 5 inches across the top,
inches at the bottom and inches
through the middle. It holds 4
quarts when full.
I keep it about three-fourths full
% prevent the fish from jumping
out. I am now feeding from my
second small Tound pasteboard box,
which I perforated with ice pick
box of fish food. They have no
other food.
Once a day I put two good
shakes" in my hand for them, to
make sure they are not getting too
much, which is usually the cause of
their dying.
They are always eager and full
of pep" coming to the top, or side
as near me as they can get, any time
that I pass the small table where
they are located. 1t is in an east
window with an African violet
blooming on each side of the bowl,
and small plant next to the
window, making a pretty spot.
I change the water in the bowl
about once in three or four weeks,
depending on the cloudiness of
the water. I never add or deduct
water from the bowl during that
time. In summer, unless kept in
cool, shady place, the water should
be changed more often, since the
warm water seems to be lacking in
air cells that the cooler water sup
plies.
I keep a small amount of a vine
llkS u QO INV hAAOWi1 s42S
name) in the bowl. Too many plants
take space NEEDED for the fish to
swim and exercise.
In washing the bowl, use my
hand, exclusively, to handle the fish,
in changing them to another dish
while am cleaning house for them.
When I first tried to handle them
they squirmed and tried to get
away. Now they never move or try
to escape my hand in the bowl. In
changing the water on the fish,
never take them from room tenn
perature water and plunge them into
the icy spigot water. Draw the
water and let stand for while.
When the water is changed in
the bowl, I hold the small plant
under the spigot, and wash it thor
oughly. The bowl and tablespoonful
of small gravel in the bowl are
washed with cloth and, everything
clean and shining, the fish go back
in the bowl for another undisturbed
and contented three or four weeks,
with only their two shakes" of
food each day. I would say that the
lack of attention has kept my fish
in the very best condition all these
years.
Evening star., 1948-02-23
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Evening star., 1948-02-23

Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1760 is
designed for sizes II, IA, 16, lS and
20. Size "A requires yards of 80
inch fabric.
For this pattern, send Is cents, in
coins, your name, address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, The Washington Star, P. Q.
Box 90, Station G, New York 10,
N, z,
Evening star., 1948-02-23
CLOTHES DRYING TIP

From Mrs. J. S. c.. WaShington.)
When washing clothes in the
winter time often we cannot hang
them outside and have to hang them
in the cellar during this cold
weather. If you hang your clothes
on wire clothes hangers you will
have more space for more clothes,
and they dry very nicely.
Evening star., 1948-02-23
ANSWERS TO QUERIES;
pnWT TNc GP0TTPo

From Mrs. w. J. p, Washington
Please do not discontinue the
poems. My little girl has a scrap
book and asks me to cut out all the
poems for her, that I find appro-
PIRATE.
Mrs. J. w. B. of Landover Hills
asked about a coat pattern. I be-
lieve the one she wants is in Juve-
nile Styles bv Mary Hoyer, Volume
No. 7. the pattern number is 908.
Here is a very simple and de-
licious chocolate icing that seems to
be a favorite in our household. Put
all in double boiler, p cup sugar, 2
tablespoons corn starch. 2 squares
chocolate, z cup water. L cup
strong coffee, teaspoon vanilla. 4
teaspoon salt and butter size of wal
nut. Cook till thick. cool a bit and
spread.
I haven't made very many new
friends here and although my home
and children keep me busy I would
like to belong to a group of women
that find bowling an interesting
outside sport.
Evening star., 1948-02-23
COOP NURSERY SCHOOLS

COOP NURSERY SCHOOLS.
From Mrs. S. H. H., Siluer Spring.
For Mrs. A. B. J. C. and other
parents interested in forming CO.
operative nursery school, the nut
shell advice is: % Find suitable
housing. (2) Employ the best avail
able trained teachers. 90 Familiar
ize yourselves with good nursery
school practice by visiting nearby
schools, especially cooperatives, and
a. Work together with a will.
Cooperative nursery schools al
ready organized are cordial to new
groups and will help in many ways
There are more than IS schools in
the Washington area of which some
25 are nursery groups in the Dis
trict Recreation Department. II
you live in Virginia, there is North
Virginia Federation of co-opera-
tives which can be reached through
your county government. Mont
gomery County has a Council; Mrs.
Kenneth Williams, president, Wis
consin 0306. In Prince George S
County, call Prof. Edna McNaugh-
ton of the University of Maryland,
who has full information on CO.
operatives there. We are trying to
keep a complete list of co-opera-
tives, and would be grateful if new
schools would report their existence
to Mrs. Williams or Miss Naughton.
We are delighted to hear of the Fort
Belvoir school through the Clearing
House.
+ The current Women's Day carries
splendid articles on cooperative
nursery schools. They are spring.
ing up all over the country. Simi-
larity of experience and point of
view is amazing, with high value
placed on the mothers learning op-
portunlty.
Maryland parents wishing to start
new school should write to the
State Department of Education,
Lexington Building. Baltimore l, for
a copy of the State standards and
an application blank. Then a repre-
sentative will visit the school. The
school must be approved before it
may operate. You will find the
State Office interested and helpful.
From Y. F. w., SilUer Spring.
The Falkland Cooperative Nurs-
cry School begins its spring term
this week and has openings for
children to years old. Interested
mothers in the Silver Spring area
may call Mrs. Mary Blackwell, at
Shepherd 8613. Our pre-scfool
nursery has a trained teacher and
a mother participating each day
and is non-profit organization.
From w. F., Washington
Something unusual in nursery
schools is Highland Nursery School,
whose number is Victor 0466. 1t is
a parent project with no parent
participation. They have three
trained teachers, a cook and maid.
They take children by half day, day
or week. After sinking fund is
built up, any money over and above
operating expenses is divided among
the parents.
Evening star., 1948-02-23
INK STAINS.

From II. G. R., WashingtonJ
I noticed the instructions for re-
moving ink stains from linens
clothing. etc. I have always just
soaked the article in cold water and
1t has completely removed the stain
after a couple of days soaking.
One of my nieces was grieved over
her little girl spilling ink on one
of her best blue dresses, and was
about to start trying various stain
removers when I advised soaking it
in clear cold water and she was
thrilled when she saw how nicely it
worked. She changed the water
once or twice in the two days End
the spot was completely removed.
This might not work with all inks
but it has worked with inks used in
my house. If the material is SUM-
fast and cold water doesn't bring all
out, wet it, and put it in the sun
few times a day
Evening star., 1948-02-23
SHORT CANDLES.

from Mrs. M. E. H., Washington J
In reply to Mrs. G. A. F.. Falls
Church. This is what I have done
with short candles. Take empty
olive bottles, fasten string to bottom
Of bott'e with melted wax. then fix
the string to a stick to hold it in
place on top of bottle and pour the
melted wa" in to the top. When
cold break the bottle. or if you want
to make low different colored can
dies in fancy tin dishes. use the
wicks in the half burned candles.
Evening star., 1948-02-23
MONEY PLANT?

CINNAMON CANDY RECIPES?
COLORED SUGARS?
from Mrs. r. E. p, Washington.
First, I have some seeds from a
"money plant" L would like tc
know when to plant them; also
some instructions as to their care.
Then, I'd like to have some recipes
using red cinnamon candies. I've
heard of their being used in baked
apples, but have no recipe for this
either.
And last, is it possible to buy
colored sugar for use on cookies
or could some one tell me how tt
color sugar myself?
Evening star., 1948-02-23
FEEDING PROBLEM;
QUERIES?

From Mrs. w. K. B., Washington. J
To the mother of the 5-month- -old
baby who refuses to eat. I, too, had
the same problem. I was told by my
doctor not to worry, she would eat
in time. Also not to force food into
her mouth lfshe shows signs of not
wanting the food. When my baby
reached her 7th and 9th month I
started giving her tastes of food
from our table which I mashed with
fork. She ate this but still would
not eat baby vegetables. Now I'm
preparing them from fresh vege-
tables and she eats we'll, such a"
spinach, string beans, peas or car
rots. On the cereal problem, she
would eat the strained fruit but not
the cereal. I then would dip the
small amount of cereal into the
fruit with baby spoon. This COW
cred over the cereal and also gave
it better taste. From then until
now she eats it that way, such as
pablum dipped into peaches or
applesauce.
Will some one tell me how to
make a floor lamp solid on the bot
tom? Mine falls over with the
easiest touch. 1t is topheavy.
Also how to make a bedroom in
a new apartment cool enough for
sleeping, when the radiators turn
off, but stay hot just the same.
Owners of apartment say nothing
can be done. Thermometer regis
ters 7S degrees at night with window
open, in which a baby and child
sleep, who catch one cold after the
other. We have hot-water heat.
From Mrs. W. F. E., Herndon.)
For Mrs. C. B. P. Kensington, and
her feeding problem with her s.
month-old problem. The very first
thing to do is consult your pedia-
trician or family physician. Then
follow his instructions and relax.
Our twins went through the same
thing at various ages and now you
can hardly fill them up. I found
that when I got upset it only aggra-
vated the situation, so we (my hus-
band helps feed them adopted the
practice of singing to them or
carrying on a quiet conversation
with them while they ate. I also
found that holding a toy or bright
ball in my hand and moving it
around slowly distracted their at
tention from the fact that I was
putting food in their mouths. Offer
a little at time, don't fuss if she
refuses: just take it away and hope
for better luck next time. Unlesc
there's a. physical reason - which
your doctor can see-1m sure shell
get over it soon.
Evening star., 1948-02-23
COMMENT ON PUNISHMENT.

J j
like to chime in with the first letter
of advice to you, i.e.. that a tap
on the hand will have results and
save spankings later. AS the child
grows its interest will turn to the
telephone, lamps, clocks, removing
contents of drawers, etc. If the
child can be trained now an empha-
tic mo, no" will suffice later.
! I noticed that the first mother
who wrote in had a very apologetic
attitude about tapping her child's
hand which is natural enough since
any punishment administered by a
mother is accompanied by strong
inner struggle. I. would like to re-
assure her that the course she is
/ following has been very successful
with my twins, now 2. I realize
| that this is in direct contradiction
to the new school of self express
SION but I honestly wonder if any
mother of several small children
can subscribe to this theory. will
Goon have my fourth child. all un-
/ der 3, and have been forced to
consider the good of all while try
ing to fulfill the individual needs
| of each. Sometimes I have had to
sacrifice the former when the lat
| ter was serious enough. The good
of all though has meant that my
Oldest son. had to be cured, by pun
! ishment. of his kicking. screaming
and hitting temper which cat age
II months upset the whole house
hold three or four times a day and
caused injury to his sister. Three
severe spankings and number OF
unscheduled trips to bed accom-
plished this in one month. How
ever I found myself severely criti-
cized by several mothers-of-one and
| by the older generation. There are
those who say what will repressing
such a strong temper do to the
child?" MY only reply is that to
my mind I have not stamped out
the temper but have taught him
to control it, a lesson that he or
some one else might have paid
dearly for later.
Reading current articles on child
,sychology makes me wonder some
times if we are not being encour-
aged to raise our little ones to only
3elf-considerate adulthood. The
world now is sad and sorry mess
With security for no one. The new
generation is going to need to be
tolerant, brotherlv and self-con-
rolled to cope with what it will
3nd and, to my mind. the learning
Of these things starts almost at
birth.
Please excuse the length of my
defense of punishment. If I have
stuck my neck OUT 1 don't mind.
One of the best things about the
RICH is the opportunity to read the
diverse opinions and gain by them.
The time-saving hints and recipes
are a great help, too, in the prac-
tical side Of every day life.
Evening star., 1948-02-23

From Mrs. w. T. B.. Falls Church,
The Ladies Home Journal, No
vember Il think issue, had two
pages of excellent ideas, with illus
trations. for bringing the new look
to too-short clothes. There we're
several ideas for lengthening suits.
The Ladies Home Journal Refer
ence Library, Philadelphia 5, Penna..
will send detailed instructions tor
10 cents, pattern No. 1889, Easy
Make-Over Ideas.
Evening star., 1948-02-23

From Mrs. F. NJ, Bethesda.D
Regarding the question about
lengthening suit skirts that have al
ready been let down as far as they
can 60. I have a lovely English
tweed suit that I brought back last
year from Montreal. let down the
skirt as far as I could and 1t was
still too short. I got a quarter OF
a yard of heavy black crepe, (the
suit is a striped pattern of black
and white, with a greyish all-over
effect and then I took the skirt
apart. pressed the pieces, stitched
the black material on the top, and
cut out an entirely new skirt from
a simple pattern with one box pleat
in front. I put on a. waist band,
put in a Upper, very Simple to do,
and the skirt fits even better than
it did before. and the sheer crepe
In the midrift makes it both feel
and look simmer than before. AS
l always wear the suit as a dress.
with sheer sweater or dicky, the
top insert does not show and l am
quite. quite stylish! If you wanted
to wear the suit skirt without the
coat, you could get blouse or sheer
sweater that came down over the
hips to cover the insert. l hope TINS
will help you, for we are all in the
same boat, trying to make our last
years things look like the last WORD
of this year.
Evening star., 1948-02-23
AMUSING SHUT-IN?
HEM LENGTHENING,

(From Mrs. H. S. NJ, Ariinqton.)
My 31z-year-old nephew has re-
Gently been confined to bed where
he must remain for six months or
longer because of a rare bone di-
sease affecting his hip. He suffers
no pain or discomfort from the di-
sease, but naturally is very restless
in bed and it is a problem to keep
him there Perhaps some OF the
RICH readers have had experience
in caring for small "shut-ins", and
can offer some suggestions which
would help him while away the
hours, and also gifts that would en-
tertain him.
May I offer a suggestion for
Iengthening skirts to make the old
henline less noticeable? l. Re
move stitching from old hem. 3.
If wool, let hem section of skirt
soak in cold water until thoroughly
saturated or about one-half hour.
8. Remove from water without
wringing, hang up and allow to drip
until almost dry. 4. Iron, using
pressing cloth. and sew in new hem.
Follow the same procedure for cot
ton skirts, except that in step ?
wash garment in usual way instead
of soaking.
Evening star., 1948-02-23

MARKS FROM THE GLASS?
From Mrs. E. E. S., Chevy ChaSe.)
have inherited lovely antique
mirror but it has marks which looks
as though one had struck matches
I would appreciate it so very much
If some one can tell me of some
thing which will remove the marks
from the glass.
Evening star., 1948-02-23
SILK PLAN
Brings Miraculous Results

Az,ass your friends with . new YoU-a sie.dr
week SIX Tablets work miraculously 70 keep
you from being hungry. Yet. your daily sli4
soergy you re now getting from fatbailding foods.
And you can eat tbinxs you like. without taxing
Absoluteiy hsrmiess. Contain no druss. 30 con:
yenienu Garry Six Tablets in your purse and
take as required. No mixing or ernbarrassmenes
just follow simple direction a-'l - fcz your
wlorin.,a firm nav hRurel
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-05-27
Washington Grove
Mrs. David NorveH
GGithersba,rg 54-J

Occupants of the Martin cottage
for the summer are Mr.. and Mrs.
James P. Davis and family of
Washington, D. C.
Miss Laura Carpenter and Miss
Elizabeth Carpenter of Mount
Clair, N. j., were the recent guests
of Miss Rita Bott.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Ashton Gouldin,
their daughter, Eleanor White,
and son, James, of Fredericksburg,
Va, were weekend guests of Mr..
and Mrs. W. L. Darby.
The Homemakers met at the
home of Mrs. Keith Cornelius on
Shady Grove Road on Thursday,
May 9th.
Mrs. H. w. Schoening of Chevy
Chase, D. c., has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. A. N. Aiken on Grove
Avenue. DR.. H. w. Schoening has
recently returned from Mexico
City.
Mrs. B. 7. Hyson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Hyson and daughter, have
opened their home on Broadway
for the summer.
Among those who opened their
Il
homes during the past weekend
were: Mr.. Herbert Hunt, Mr..
Samuel Gheen and Miss Dorothy
Higgins.
Mrs. R. L. Burkett has returned
to the Grove following a visit with
her brother in Harrisonburg, Va.
The local unit of the American
Red Cross, under the leadership of
Mrs. w. L. Darby, chairman, con-
tinues to hold their weekly meet
ings at the home of Mrs. A. N.
Aiken on Grove Avenue, each We'd
nesday.
The lovely weather of the pas
weekend afforded the children a
much needed opportunity for out
side play and also allowed grown
ups chance to devote some time
for the care of lawns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Jackson
were called to Martinsburg, w.
Va, Tuesday, to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Jackson's uncle, Elder j.
T. Power, who had served for more
than forty years as pastor of vari-
Gus churches of the Ketocton AS
ISOLATION of Primitive Baptist
Churches. For the past twenty
years he has served the Martins
burg church, of which Mrs. Jack
son is a member. Elder Power was
well known among the Washing
ton, Maryland and Virginia
churches, where he often preached.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-05-27
Mrs. Nicholas. Brewer
Rockville 1888
R A T E S
4 Ta~l ~T

Mrs. Roger Shaw is attending
the National Market Managers
Convention being held this week in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Miss Mary Gordon Peter was
hostess to seventy-five guests at
a lovely party Saturday evening
at her home on South Washington
Street.
Nancy Harding, young daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. Arthur F. Wood
ward, was christened on Sunday
at the Methodist Church. After the
christening the family were dinner
guests of Judge and Mrs. Charles
w. Woodward at their home on
N. Van Buren, Street, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Fletchall and daughter,
Anne, Miss Bertha F. Fletchall,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-05-27
Coming Events

May 29-BAKE SALE, at Lynn's
Drug Store, Gaithersburg, bene-
fit Gaithersburg Free Public
Library.
May 2OEFRIED CHICKEN DIN
NER, sponsored by Montgomery
Chapter SO, o. E. S., at the
Rockville Baptist Church. $50
to $50 P. M. Price $1.25.
June s = CHICKEN AND HAM
SUPPER, benefit Masonic Tenn
pie and Library Association,
Masonic Temple, Gaithersburg.
July 19-FRIED CHICKEN SUP
PER, at Colesville Church, be-
ginning a P. M, given by w. S.
C. S.
May 29-FRIED CHICKEN and
Country Ham Dinner at Damas-
Gus Church, benefit of WSCS,
from tc 8 PM.
May 20 STRAWBERRY FES-
TIVAL and cold plate supper,
sponsored by the Laytonsville
Methodist Sunday School, at
Modern Woodmen Hall. PM.
May 81 = ANNUAL CHICKEN
and Country Ham Supper at
Cedar Grove Baptist Church, 2
to 8 Pm.
May 31-STRAWBERRY FESTI-
VAL, at Epworth Methodist
Church. Gaithersburg, given by
Mems Brotherhood.
June 10-STRAWBERRY FESTI-
VAL, at Hunting Hill Church
Social Hall. $3.50 P. NJ, given by
w. S. C. S.
June IL = SWEET REMEM-
BRANCES", at Potomac Meth
odist Church, 500 PM.