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Evening star., 1948-04-23

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With both fresh asparagus and
xucchini in the markets, let's plan
. real italian frittata, using which,
ever vegetable you prefer.
Put tablespoons OF olive oil In a
heavy skillet and in 1t put / onion,
sliced thin, and a Glove Of garlic.
Cook for 10 minutes. Then add to
the pan small peeled zucchini, cut
lengthwise, or the tips from pound
Of asparagus. Add l large tomato,
peeled and cut up, salt and pepper
to taste. A teaspoon Of sweet mar
toram 0resh) enhances the havors.
Stir, cover the pot and cook until
the vegetables are tender. Then re-
move from stove
Beat 8 eggs lightly in a bowl, salt
and pepper them and pour them
Evening star., 1948-04-23
Rv Betty Miles

You can now get food to friends
In Europe within one week. SAFE,
Inc. (Save Friend in Europe), the
organization that carries on this
work, Is actually the American arm
of Caritas, nonsectarian Swiss
charity organization. In the past
two years, Caritas has distributed
a million scientifically prepared
packages. SAFE has been In oper-
alton for three months.
Vouchers, which may be ex-
changed abroad for food packages,
cost $40 and may now be sent to
the American, British and French
zones Of Germany, to all sectors of
Berlin, and to Austria, including
Vienna. 1t will be possible shortly
to send vouchers to England,
France, Northern italy and the
Russian zone Of Germany.
SAFE does not ship food from
the United States. A purchase order
is mailed by the donor to the re-
cipient in Europe who in turn pre-
sents it at one Of SAFES over
seas warehouses and receives his
food package. These food packages
are made up by buying the bulk
Of food surpluses in Denmark and
Sweden.
Letters testify to the speed of
the vouchers travel. One woman,
who declared she and her family
were hungry from morning until
night, received her voucher Febru-
ary 3, after it had been sent jan
uary %. She picked up her food
package the same day. Potatoes
and bread, she declared, had been
her family's only diet. Her case Is
typical of many who received pack
ages within five days.
Valued in Europe at $400, the
package weighs over 81 pounds and
contains over 10000 calories. 1t in
cludes pounds Of margarine, 2
pounds Of rice, pounds Of ham. and
Evening star., 1948-04-23
ITALIAN SPAGHETTI.
(Frons B. H. D., Washington }

(Fro1 B. H. D., WGshtngton.)
For years my hobby has been
cooking. owned a restaurant,
though am a lawyer by profession.
In a recent issue Of The Star, I
could not but help notice your re-
quest for information in the RCH.
If it will help you at all, I proffer
the following. I note you wanted
some one thoroughly acquainted
with the art of cooking spaghetti
and that which is geuine. I qualify
for both, believe me. If it interests
you my grandfather Christopher
changed the family name from
Deweyolli in Naples.
Ingredients: Eight tablespoons
olive oil Cor vegetable OLD, 2 medium
white onions, diced 3 segments
garlic, diced, u cup green peppers,
diced, 2 cans tomato puree, l num-
Der 2 can tomatoes, strained, Wor-
cestershire sauce, Chianti wine
(claret is substitute) / cup, 4 basil
leaves, 4 tablespoons Parmesan
cheese (many substitutes are Sold.
Method: Slowly heat skillet. Pour
in olive oil. Add onions, garlic
and peppers. Fry until brown. Pour
into sauce pan. Add tomato puree,
tomatoes, 2 tablespoons Worcester
shire sauce, wine, basil leaves and
cheese. Simmer over slow fire for
6 or 8 hours. If meat balls are
desired, fry and add to sauce but
do not break when stirring sauce
which should be done frequently.
Serves four.
Evening star., 1948-04-23

The charm Of midseoson
furs lies in the weorer's
manipulation Of the scarf,
the stole or the jocket-cope.
Too little has been made
Of this foct by the many
women who wear furs. To
really enhance q costume,
furs should be worn in q
proud and fIottering man.
ner.
Spring outfits coll for
proper dromotizotion. This
can be achieved with q fur
piece that later on may be
Evening star., 1948-04-23

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 it
is obviously impossible for us
to test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility for
them. Betsy Cas,0eH
Evening star., 1948-04-23
Readers Clearing Houses
situated and still houses many col

situated ana SClll houses udIly COi-
llaborators.
The family had been bombed out
and were living in temporary quar-
ters. The father had been i'm
prisoned by the Germans and for
the moment was too i'll to work.
The mother was a seamstress and
supporting five children. I waited
to see the mother who was soon due
to return from work. She was
clothed in red print dress which
looked oddly American. And in
indeed 1t had been sent by my Gov
ernment worker and the seamstress
was very pleased to be wearing it.
I went to the north of France,
the industrial and mining part. In
one of these homes the children
were eagerly looking forward to
their American parcels. A preacher
in Washington was sponsoring one
of the children and a parcel had
just arrived from him.
I was sorry could not get to
see the child taken by sweet
young couple from Alexandria who
came to the French bazaar pur-
posely to choose child from the
various photos we had exhibited.
They pored over the pictures so seri-
ously and read carefully the his
tories of each child. I looked at
their hands. Good, honest, hard
working ones and I felt that great
amount of love and kindness would
60 into the making of their parcels.
I visited the cathedral town Of
Chartres and the tiny village Of
Wire accidentally bombed by our
flyers so that nothing was left, and
I could go on and on, but enough.
All can say is that BLESS all those
kind people of Washington for all
the good they are accomplishing. !"
They sometimes send me pictures
of their sadopted" children as If
they were actually their own. Or
they would call me up to say that
they had just received q lovely let
ter from little Pierre, or would I
please translate Michel's letter? So
many of them are housewives with
three or four children of their own
whose clothes they often pass on
to French children, and I wonder
how they can find time to make up
those parcels and even afford to
send so many.
But the parcels have all brought
something more precious than ma
terial things. A warmth, a gener-
osity and understanding cannot
help but be felt wherever their par
GELS have gone in France.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Information and requests sent
in by the tolloDing hape been
forwarded to those for 1Dhom they
Uere intended:
Washington: Mrs. G. c. B.,
Mrs. E. w. G., Mrs. j. M. K,
Mrs. j. F. B., G. M. A., G. D. c.,
Mrs. E. F., Mrs. M. B. W., J. E. W.,
M. L. Meg, Mrs. w. w. B., Mrs.
E. j. F.
Alexandria: Mrs. H. D. E.,
Mrs. P. c. P. Arlington: Mrs.
C. ]. A., Mrs. w. D. NJ, Mrs.
j. E. H., Mrs. A. F. Y. Brandy
wine: Mrs. G. H. R. Falls
Church: Mrs. L. D. E. Glenn
Dale: Miss I. NJ Green
Meadows: Mrs. T. M. 8. Ken
sington: Mrs. c. H. H. Oiney:
Mrs. C. Med. Silver Spring:
Mrs. c. w. M. Takoma Park
Mrs. M. A. A. Vienna: Mrs.
L. r. C..
Our thanks to these readers.
,pllose contributions ,Dere similar
to others previously received and
atpditing space for publication:
Annapolis: c. A. c. Baynes-
vile: Mrs w. Il. II.
Evening star., 1948-04-23

Fashion Pnoto py HoDert breunel.
troctive fur piece Of blue
fox was worked into an in
teresting arrangement OF
skin-on-skin in q long strip
type Of stole. 1t also could be
IuxuriousIy droped and ar
ranged to give q cope effect.
Pictured is q wild mink
stole from a Connecticut
avenue shop. Chic women
have long recognized the
odoptobility of q stole to
complement almost any type
of costume, either for day
or evening. -ELENl.
Evening star., 1948-04-23

the brond-new fur styles
recently arrived from France,
besides the boa, is the ker-
chief cope. 1t also is known
as the peasant shawl wrap.
Another trend in midseoson
furs is the Thug tight"
clutch wrap for evening.
Your wrap can be made
up in any number Of furs.
Choose from wild or ranch
mink, squirrel, broodtoiI or
natural blue fox. Long,
haired furs are striving for
q comeback. One very ot-
Evening star., 1948-04-23
Bv Barbara Bell

This charming afternoon frock is
designed to defeat the heat when
the temperature scars. Gentle seal
lops edge the brief sleeves, the key
hole neck Is topped with a saucy
bow. Note the curved detail on the
hipline.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. l785 is
designed for sizes II, IA, l6, 1S, 20;
20 and AZ. Size IA requires 41s yards
Of 39-inch fabric.
For this pattern, send IS cents in
coins, your name. address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, The Washington Star. Post
Once Box SO, Station G, New York
10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1948-04-23
HOME BUILDING,

From Mrs. B. P, WaShington.)
If Mrs. w. H. D., washington will
visit several new-built homes that
are up for sale she can get many
ideas she could incorporate in her
future nome. And make a visit
soon to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and pick out all
the bulletins free, sewing of all kinds
of clothes, slipcovers, flower garden
ing and vegetable gardens and SO
many more you can use In plan
ming your new home.
I have about 80 different bulletins
that I have made such good use
of. And am very proud Of the slip
covers I have madeso easily.
Evening star., 1948-04-23
By Peeey Roberts

Oy cS6y NOOC7Fo
Mothers love easy-to-sew and
kimple-to-launder play suits and
children adore their cool wearing
comfort. This suit is made In one
piece-the cute singing bird and cage
are embroidered.
To obtain this pattern, send Is
cents in coins, giving pattern num-
Der, your name, address and zone
number to Peggy Roberts, The
Washington Star, Post Office Box
100, Station G, New York 10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1948-04-23

worn over dinner and dance
gowns. Those chilly eve
nings out on the roof or
terrace Of the night spots
should be taken into con-
siderotion when you choose
your wrap.
Some Of the newest furs
are sewn in such q manner
as to make them quite
flexible. This enables the
weorer to drope them in any
number of ways in order to
get the costume effect that
is most desirable. One Of
Evening star., 1948-04-23
SUGGESTIONS;
COCOA ICING?

From Mrs. H. M, Riuerdale.)
Some one asked some time back
about the refrigerators with so-called
"cold wall" I have a 1941 model
and it is wonderful. I never want
to 60 back to the old type, in which
you don't dare put anything un-
covered. Even half an onion left
over can be laid on a shelf beside
anything without any sign Of taste
mixing.
In baking, if you will fill the
measuring cup half full of water,
then add shortening until the water
reaches the l cup measure, you
will have u cup of shortening
swimming around in the water in
stead of stuck to the cup. 1t can
be dipped out and you will have no
messy cup to wash.
VIII some one, please, give me a
recipe for chocolate icing made with
instant cocoa? Also one with the
lsweetened condensed milk.
Evening star., 1948-04-23
FOOD BOX TO CHILE.

As I have just returned from resi-
dence in South America and am
familiar with conditions in several
countries may I reply to the reader
who wishes to send box OF food
to a teacher in Chile?
It would be wise to find out from
the Chilean Consulate In New York
what the duty on imported foods
Evening star., 1948-04-23

Is. AL South American cities sell
United States canned goods, though
at a much higher price than we
pay here. I have known North
Americans living in South America
who had to pay such high duty
on articles sent by well-mean1ng
friends that the gifts were a burden
instead of a help. One friend told
me the duty was so high that she
left a large box of food In the custom
house. 1t would really be much
kinder to find out what is needed
by the friend In Chile before send
ing a package. Do not forget, either,
that articles to some countries can
not be insured and there Is danger
Of loss.
GREASE ON STOVE?
(From Mrs. L. A. F., WGShington.)
Will some reader please tell me
how to get the grease of a gas
stove?
Evening star., 1948-04-23
POEM WANTED?

From M. L. G., Washington.)
1 wonder if some one would know
the song or poem walking Toward
the Sunset? I have only heard 1t
twice or only part of it. I meet old
couples who seem to me to be like
that and it is very lovely. I would
like the words so I can use them
on cards for my many old friends
who are doing just that, walking
together toward the setting sur" }"
while I am walking alone.
Evening star., 1948-04-23
PIANO COURSES.
from Mrs. C. M, Chevy .Chase.)


from Mrs. C. M, Chevy .Chase.)
Yes, by all means, start your
music lessons. You may wreck the
nerves of the rest of the family
but you will have loads of fun. If
YOU have any knowledge of music
at all you can teach yourself by
using the two books listed. Book
for Older Beginners, by John M.
Williams; John Thompson's Modern
Course for the Piano, First Grade
Book.
If you can manage to do most OF
your practicing while the rest OF the
family is out you will not bother
them and you will feel much freer
to practice your tunes and chords.
SKILLET CARE.
from Mrs. E. E. p, Washtngton.)
If Mrs. A. w. c., washington,
will boil some vinegar in her cast
iron skillet for a few minutes it
will take the metallic taste away;
wash and scald and rub with little
fat of some kind. Also another
way is to put some fat or oil in
skillet, let it burn just little, pour
off fat and add some table salt all
over the bottom of the skillet, let it
burn for short while. The salt will
take the burnt gum that forms IN
the skillet away and am sure this
will do the trick, as have tried it
several times and it works. I hope
this will help her.
from Mrs. J. c. E., Anndpolis.)
To the reader who could not get
rid of the metallic taste in her cast
iron skillet, try boiling potatoes in
plenty of water for about 10 min
utes. My utensils in cast iron were
the preseasoned type and did not
require this but it should do the
trick.
Evening star., 1948-11-28
Watts Exhibition

The Library of Congress has been ex-
hibiting rare examples of the genius Of
Isaac Watts as a writer of hymns, and
the display has raised question as to
the present state of that particular branch
of the art of music. Are there any COM
posers of spiritual songs of the highest
order in our day? Perhaps the times are
not propitious. In order to create so
noble work as ooh God, Our Help in
Ages Past" one needs a certain freedom
from the turmoil of the world.
Watts in this regard was fortunate. As
youth he had the advantage Of shelter
in the Nonconformist Academy at Stoke
Newington as well as his fathers congenial
home. Later, he was tutor in the family
of Sir John Hartopp. Then, from 1712
onward, he lived with Sir Thomas Abney
at Abney Park. Meanwhile, for half
century, he was pastor Of the Independent
Congregation in Mark Lane in London.
His whole career thus was protected and
endowed. The six hundred hymns which
came from his pen were his return for
the encouragement afforded by his friends.
But Watts was not an escapiSt, running
away from reality. When he referred to
"the stormy blast" he meant much more
than mere hurricane. The environ
ment to which he belonged was not any
more quiescent than that of his successors
among great hymnodists. Cardinal New
man in Lead, Kindly Light" stresses "the
encircling storm" Henry Francis Lyte in
abide With Me" tells how "the darkness
thickens" Augustus Toplady in Rock of
Ages" and Sarah Flower Adams in Nearer,
My God, to Thee" reflect a troubled uni
verse. Many other examples could be
mentioned to illustrate the social pres
sure" principle in hymn writing.
Perhaps combination of awareness of
the challenge of the world and temporary
sanctuary from it is what is wanted for
the making of spiritual songs of distinc-
ton and power. That, apparently, explains
Watts and his achievement.
Evening star., 1948-11-28

faced falsehoods. Is the thing merely
symptomatic of an inferiority complex at
work, or of sour-grapes psychosis giving
vent to itself, or Of the self-deluding wish
being father to the humbug thought? Or
Is it possible that the men of the Kremlin
are finding that people in places like the
Middle East are so impressed by the
American system, and so unimpressed by
the U. s. s. R., that gigantic butchery of
the truth is needed as counterpropaganda?
The Western democratic mind can only
guess at the answers. Whatever they may
be, though, the nature of Soviet propa-
ganda seems In itself to be evidence of
weakness in the Soviet system. Certainly,
it is not evidence of strength. When
government is so afraid of the truth that
1t must hide it or distort it or destroy it
altogether, that government reveals not
merely dishonesty within itself but also
fear of having its shortcomings betrayed.
At any rate, the Stain dictatorship looks
just bit inflrm when it scurries to cover,
like any ordinary prevaricator, from facts
and the clear light Of day.
Evening star., 1948-11-28

Is the Pilgrim a Back Number?
Ridicule of Early New England Settlers Seen
Lacking in Justification

tribution and left so deeply engraved his image
and superscription that 1t cannot be. with all
our changed setting, that all he was and all
he stood for are back number
A quarter of a century ago the United States
Government, making improvements along the
river front at Plymouth, reset the landing rock
which has been shrine across the long years.
At that time a keen and prophetic leader
uttered pertinent word true then and now:
What has been done with that old boulder is
q striking picture of what should be done with
the things for which Plymouth Rock stands.
The ideals Of the Puritans need TO be reset in
our American life"
Under the question, "Is the Pilgrim back
NUMBER" there is ample space to print GER
tain thought-provoking observations and sup
positions. Suppose that back Of his superstition
there was an unshakable belief in God and in
the supremacy of spiritual forces. Suppose
that back Of his apparent intolerance there
were some fundamental convictions which mas
tered his life. Suppose that back of his solemn
and serious manner there was a sense of the
eternal as the vivid background of his entire
life. Suppose that back of his sanctimonious-
ness, easily ridiculed, there was a serious
attempt to keep the spirit in the saddle, in
stead of giving things the reins.
OF course, in the new light of science we
have outgrown his superstitions. But if we
have outgrown the Pilgrims faith in the in
visible we are doomed. Thank God, we have
outgrown his narrowness; but if we are so
broad as to have lost all convictions upon
which we would stake life itself, then life has
been emptied of meaning. The consciousness
"In the name Of God, amen" beginning the
statement they signed before stepping ashore
colored everything. It meant that life itself
was spiritual enterprise In the creed of the
Pilgrim it followed that duty was above life;
character was the highest good.
It Is hardly a matter to be proud Of that
the solemn attitude toward life which the
Pilgrim suggests is thought Of today as hilari-
ously funny. Some moderns must be funny
at all costs, even if the price of laugh is the
trailing of holy things in the filth of the slough
of irreverence. A sort Of disillusioned amuse-
ment at the things in life that are of most
value is sign Of diseased mind and
dwarfed soul. Nobody really laughs when God
is dead.
No wonder the prophets Of the race are
calling the Nation back, not to the character
istics which made the Pilgrims repelling, but
to the qualities which made them great-God
and conscience and duty, the spiritual regnant
above the material.
back number?" No, the Pilgrim is still
in the van leading on to any future that is
worth while.
They were rude men, unlovely, yes-but great
Who prayed around the cradle Of our state;
Small room for light and sentimental strains
In those lean men with empires in their brains,
Who pitched state as other men pitched tents,
And led the march Of time to great events"
Evening star., 1948-11-28
Too Weak to Be Truthful?

Soviet propagandists had busy time of
it on Thanksgiving Day. Over the Moscow
radio, for example, they went to great
lengths to persuade the people Of the Mid
die East that our farmers have little to
be grateful for, that their prosperity is
myth" and that actually they are hard
put to make both ends meet, especially
the 100000 peasants" among us who are
desperately looking for jobs because "rich
usurpers" have seized their land.
In the same vein, Pravda observed our
Thanksgiving Day by publishing long
editorial entitled Collapse of a Legend
About Postwar Prosperity in the United
States" The editorial gave the impression
to all Russian readers that we are in very
bad way here, that our capitalistic system
has gone down in bankruptcy" and that
millions of us are living from hand to
mouth and just barely managing to keep
body and soul together. To quote: "The
growing worsening of the material position
of the masses, imitation, the lowering of
wages, unemployment, ruin, impoverish-
ment of farmers, the growth of militarism,
general economic instability and lack of
confidence in tonlorrow-that Is the real
face of contemporary America" In short,
all talk about our having by far the highest
standard of living in the world is lot of
make believe: the truth of the matter is
that we are terribly down-at-the-heels
nation not quite sure of where our next
meal Is coming from.
In the light of the realities visible to
us In our own country, 1t Is interesting to
speculate over what prompts the Soviet
propaganda machine to put out such bare
Evening star., 1948-11-28

The Commerce Department will ask Congress
for mandatory standby" controls over scarce
materials-but there was plenty OF debate be-
fore the decision was made. Secretary Sawyer,
who doesn't like controls, listened hard to some
of his economists who argued that mandatory
powers would not be needed, II military spend
ing can be held to the SIS, 600, 600 ceiling
set by President Truman "a big "if'D. Other
Sawyer advisers pointed out that 80 per cent
of all steel plates already are being rationed
out to essential users under the voluntary In
dustry agreement system now operating. They
argued that the mere existences OF regulatory
power will insure against any letdown In the
voluntary cooperation by industry. Mr.
Sawyer finally decided to ask for mandatory
powers as sort of insurance policy. But he
hopes to get by without using them. He will
ask a one-year extension, beyond February 20,
of the voluntary ALLEGATION program. Author
itative persons say, too, that Congress Will be
asked by the Federal Reserve Board to give it
power to regulate bank holding companies
FRB, with strong backing from number OF
independent bankers, has been pushing for
such a law for some time, but 1t never was
gotten as far as a floor vote in either house
of Congress It came closest last session. This
time FRB is using the salesmanship approach
of new Chairman Thomas B. McCabe. 1t has
been getting suggestions and comment from
the Treasury, currency controller and Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp, so that those Govern
ment agencies will back the bill solidly for the
first time.