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Evening star., 1948-07-05
TheChef
Says

A year ago I was in Quebec, at
the famed Chateau Frontenac, with
its magnificent view of the st.
Lawrence, its Plains of Abraham, its
steep cobbled streets and its all
pervasive horses. The Chateau it
self is full of charm. My only OBJ
lection was that one. had to line
up waiting for meals-Quebec was
that crowded. 1t is, of course, much
like Washington, in that it is one of
the show places of Canada and,
therefore, packed to the ears with
tourists.
But the food, when we did get it..
was superb and lived up to the
reputation of the Chateau chefs IN
every detail. They had special ways
of doing lobster that were different
from the usual thermidors and
newburghs and their steaks and
roast beef were rare and juicy, but
two dishes I particularly liked were
souab chicken and veal kidneys.
The Maitre d'hotel wangled the
recipes for me. I have tried them
out several times with excellent re-
suits right in my own home.
Get a couple of SQUAD chickens,
weighing about ~ pounds apiece.
Clean and truss them for roasting.
Cut y pound Of salt pork in rec
tangles. Boil these just few min
utes. Then fry them in butter.
Take out the pieces of pork and put
the chickens in the butter. Brown
the chickens all over. then put them
with the pork into casserole.
Fry about 6 potatoes, peeled and
sliced. in the butter that the pork
and chickens were cooked in. Put
the slices around the chickens, pour
the pan juices over all, with salt
and pepper to taste. Cover the
casserole and cook in moderate
oven until done, basting the chick
ems occasionally. Toward the last
add a glass of dry white wine to the
basting liquid.
For the veal kidney dish, select
nice firm veal Kidneys will do
Cut them in slices and season with
salt and pepper. Saute them well
| in J.. cup of butter When the kid
neys are brown, drain of the but
ter and put the kidney slices on a
plate.
1 Put 2 glasses of dry sherry in the
pan. together with some slicec
mushrooms. and enough canned
soup to make a rich sauce. Wher
| heated through. add the kidneys
some minced parsley, 4 tablespoons
of butter and a good dash OF lemon
Juice. Mix well and let heat thor
oughly. Serve in the center OF q
ring Of fluffy steamed rice and poul
plenty Of the sauce over the kidneys
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ming. and did ceramic work during
the day.
Coming to America was a definite
goal, and last summer she few over
and spent four months here, visiting
her second cousin, Mrs. John Snure
of 1850 Old Bladensburg road, Sill
yer Spring. Il liked the life and
the people 50 much" she explained
simply, that I decided to work and
save to come over again" Last April
she arrived on the Queen Elizabeth
and this time she hopes to stay in
definitely. Should the wanderlust
bug bite again, however, South
Africa will be her next stop.
Evening star., 1948-07-05
Bv Josephine Lo,yman

Yesterday. all over the United
States, folks were celebrating the
anniversary Of their Nations inde-
pendence. We might all take this
time to declare our personal inde-
pendence. We are, Of necessity,
dependent on many people and
many things for our happiness and
comfort. We would lead lonely lives
If this were not true, but once We
lose our independence Of spirit, We
ind life drab rather than vital
and We are old rather than young.
Human souls and minds are as
individual Is 1ingerprints. The es-
sential needs of one man may mean
nothing at all to another, yet it
sometimes seems that we tend to
level our lives into universal pat
tern to such IN extent that we lose
the feeling of individuality. We fail
to take advantage Of our right to
live, to think, to speak and to work
in 4 way that Is in harmony with
our inner selves. Compromise is
fine and is necessary to a we'll
balanced life, but too much pattern
ing after others and too much give
in" can turn = colorful personality
into . drab one.
Do you say things you do not
mean Just to At in with others? Do
you spend energy in many activities
which you do not enjoy and which
have no meaning for you simply
because others expect it of you? Do
you live or work in surroundings
which are unpleasant to your per-
sonal tastes and dreams, just be-
cause Of inertia?
A woman is old as soon as she
ceases to think of herself as an in
dividual. Once she becomes, in her
own mind, . mother or . wife or 4
teacher rather than 4 person, per-
sonality and outlook lose the tndi-
vidual touch which makes her most
magnetic and dear. These are
wholehearted jobs and 1t Is so easy
to live through them only, forgetting
the dignity and rights Of the indi-
vidual.
Independence Of spirit means
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ming a week, but the results were
Her career was &C
tually launched when some one at
the art school suggested she start
translating her ideas in terms OF
clay rather than pencil and paper.
my first attempts" she declared,
were grotesque."
At first, she used a friends kiln,
and it took her two years to acquire
the necessary apparatus for setting
up her own kiln in wartime Eng
land, but she finally managed it.
She began to sell her work, and 1t
sold we'll. After the war, she con-
tinued to teach tipping in the eve
Evening star., 1948-07-05
Rp Violet Faulkner

BY Violet Faulkner
Back in grandmother's day it was
considered sheer heresy not to gath
er all the fruits and berries for
miles around and put them down
as the saying went. They secured
the highways and byways for all the
wild fruit of the region to add to
their supply of cultivated fruits and
berries. Countless glasses of jams,
jellies, preserves went into the dark
fruit cellar along with dozens of
bottles of fruit juice to be used
later for cool summer drinks.
AS you go through old cook books
of that era you see references made
to such quaint sounding drinks as
lawmakers Switched" "Methe-
glen" Shrubs" and "Meads." The
"Haymakers' Switched" was nothing
more nor less than water sweetened
to taste. 1t was thirst-quenching
and very cheap to make and the in
gredients we're always on hand. Ice
was not the taken-for granted
commodity it is today and this
drink seemed to hold up better than
most. "Metheglen" was a choice
drink, kept slowed away in secret
hiding places and brought out only
for very influential friends, 1t Is
even limited that an extra vote or
two was supposed to have been won
through it's potency. The drink was
a mixture of honey and water boiled
together and the sirup poured over
bruised walnut leaves. This was al
lowed to stand overnight when the
leaves we're removed. Then a cake
of Yeast was spread over a slice OF
toast and dropped into the brew
When all this had time to work
for a designated length of time II
vss drawn off in bottles and corked
"Sassafras Mead" was as common
as gingerale is today, particularly
was it used in the old Creole homes
This consisted of a base of sassa.
fras tea made from the sassafra:
roots to which they added honey
molasses and cream OF tartar. l,
was boiled, stirred and strained
before putting into tightly corket
bottles, and then set away in COO
place. To serve this drink you pu
q tablespoon of the mead into
Evening star., 1948-07-05

This slim house dress for the ma
tron is as crisp and fresh as can be
Barbara Bell Pattern No. It'll is
for sizes So, SO, 40, AZ, A, 46, 48. SO
and So. Size 80 requires yards of
35-inch material.
For this pattern, send Is cents
in coins, your name, address, pat
tern number and size wanted to
Barbara Bell, The Washington Star,
Post Once Box 80, Station G, New
York l9, N. Y.
Evening star., 1948-07-05

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 CasweU
Evening star., 1948-07-05

VI dblC A6uA AAASo
modelling Cos
tunes Through
the Ages" Me-
dieval modes are
the earliest styles
she presents, the
fashion trends
that flared in
England in the
T u d or, Eliza
bethan, Edward
ian and Victo-
rian eraS are
represented, and
the collection is
completed with
manv nieceS in
Evening star., 1948-07-05

Payments on your home are
made easy by renting q room.
Renting a room is made easy
by advertising In The Star.
Call Sterling 5000. Open 3
am. to 8 pm.
Evening star., 1948-07-05
FINISHING FURNITURE.

From Mr.. M. d. w., Siluer Spring.
To Mrs. E. L. W., Arlington, to
refinish maple rocker: 1 have fin
ished several pieces of unpainted
furniture in this manner, the final
result giving satinlike, rubbed
effect, which really looks like a
professional job. I'm sure If you
follow these simple directions you
will be most pleased with the re-
suit. Sand and dust lightly. Apply
one coat of maple linseed oil stain.
Allow to set to 10 minutes, and
wipe off with cloth. If this shade
is not deep enough, repeat until the
desired shade is obtained. (The
longer the stain is allowed to set
before wiping the deeper will be
the color secured) Allow stain to
dry overnight and do not sand at
this point of operation.
Then apply one coat of white
shellac, including underside of seat,
to keep out moisture. Allow to dry
and sand lightly. CA fine grade OF
steel wool may be more practical
than sandpaper in certain places
on a chair, especially the legs)
Then apply one coat Of spar var
nish. When this Is dry apply one
coat of semigloss hand-rubbed ef-
fecD varnish, which enhances the
grain of the wood.
The stain, shellac and varnishes
are obtainable in the smaller size
cans at any of the local branch
stores of large mail order house.
PLANTS WANTED?
From Mrs. S. G. W., Washington
Will some kind reader let me have
some healthy African violet plants?
I have bought plants but had no
luck with them. Now 1 should like
to try my luck again. I always look
for any information about African
violets, then paste clippings in a
book for reference.
FUNNY BUSINESS WITH
FLOWERS"
From N. H. F., WnShington.)
For Mrs. I. K. H., Takoma Park:
Clear glass bowl rather tall bowl,
found at any and 10 cent store)
Anchor flower to bottom Of bowl and
fill "a full of water. Just before din
ner drop in l tablespoonful of citric
acid crystals and / tablespoonful of
baking soda to each quart Of water
used. Then put in handful OF
mothballs. Vegetable coloring can
be used to tint water if desired.
X X X y
SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
From d. C. Public LibraryJ
The many who have inquired
through RICH for information on
the African violet may be interested
to know that the Public Library of
the District has the following book:
Wilson, Helen v. The African Vio-
let. Saintpaulia." Barrows, 1948,
$3.50. This book, which is the first
to be published on the subject, may
be borrowed from the technology
division of the Central Library,
Eighth and K streets NV, or from
the following branches: Takoma
Park, Mount Pleasant, Chevy Chase,
Tenley, Northeast, Georgetown,
Southwest and Anacostia.
Evening star., 1948-07-05
By Betty Miles

With a talent for delicate detail
and captivating color, Christine
Spittal, a charming young English
artist, has created gallery Of mem
zr.h1o Fr,,ripaS
Evening star., 1948-07-05

DV cSSv NOOcs'S
Here is a pretty poised blouse that
is as easy to make as it is fiattering
to wear. Chevron stripes and edging
of crochet give an expensive look to
basic pattern!
Pattern Envelope No. R2603 con-
tains tissue pattern, sizes IA, is and
l8 included 3 filet crochet charts,
stitch illustrations and complete
crocheting instruction for edging
and filet.
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 Once Box
100, Station G, New York 10. NY.
Evening star., 1948-07-05

Beside h ore
yellow and sleeves
printed pink with blue eepe hat and so
fashioned Of finest
obi
Of England
al star stan rn' f
Evening star., 1948-07-05
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

From M. E. M, Washingto1.)
About Iris blooming: have had
125 blooms of purple iris (or Grand
mothers Flags in a row at a time.
You will never have any blooms un-
less the roots are perfectly uncoy-
cred, no soil at all over them and
separate them when they are too
crowded.
Now about mulberries? You are
lucky to have a bush of your own
to share with those fruit fiends, the
birds. If you spread a canvas or
something under the bush so the
berries will not have to be washed
after gathering. They are the
most delicately favored of all
the berries. I think. Use as any
berries. I have just had saucer OF
them myself. They need very little,
if any, sugar. Clip off the stems.
The objection to them is, stained
fingers, but lemon juice or any stain
remover will settle that. The
strained juice makes delicious ade or
jelly. Here is recipe for Mulberry
Turnovers: Three cups stemmed
mulberries, IA cups sifted all
purpose -four, u cup sugar. "a cup
margarine or u cup If you like it
short, 2 to tablespoons cold water,
u teaspoon salt. Sift flour and salt
together. Cut in shortening until
like coarse meal Add water slowly,
mixing until dough can be gathered
into ball. Roll out 4 inch cut into
circles. Put sugared berries in each
circle. Fold edges over, mark with
FORK, pressing down. Cut cash in
top. Bake 80 minutes in $50 degree
oven. OF course you know about
roly-polies mullins, jam. One-half
apple with the berries makes
thicker jam. Use tart apples. Good
luck!
And now the lady whose little
girl cannot eat eggs: A change from
cereal is diced day-old bread. Any
kind, even raisin, toasted, with milk
favored with prune juice, or with
cocoa. And here is an eggless cake
recipe:
ove-Top Cake-One cup sifted
all-purpose flour, 1lz teaspoons bak-
ing powder, 3 tablespoons shorten
ing, II cup sugar, "a cup milk, 4
teaspoon vanilla or other f1avoring.
Mix and sift flour, baking powder.
Cream shortening, add sugar, cream
fluffy. Add f1avoring. Add flour
alternately with the milk, beat
lightly as you add milk. Turn bat
ter into one section of well-greased
omelet pan. Close pan. Bake on top
of stove, over fame 325 degrees or
low heat for 10 minutes. Turn pan
and cook 10 minutes longer. This
makes a small light cake.
Instead of custards there are geltin,
milk, vegetable, fruit juice dishes.
There's junket, smooth and nournish-
ing, which can be made without eggs.
Cocoa will take the fat taste from
milk dishes. Do you know about
the ready-to-eat foods for babies
and little children? You will find
on the shelf in the stores cereals,
fruits, vegetables, cooked and
strained; soups, meats, puddings
that doctors approve. They are the
highest quality. with no trouble nor
waste in preparing. Good food
stores have the approved baby food
brands. There is much good food
without eggs.
u
PLANTS OFFERED.
from Mrs. E. C. p, WaShtngton.)
Several ladies with new homes
and yards have asked for shrubs,
perennials, etc. I have surplus of
double and single orange day lilies,
English blue bells, bittersweet. myr-
tie, English ivy, seeding syringia,
lavender. white and Persian lilac
Evening star., 1948-07-05
PLANTS OFFERED.

from Mrs. E. C. p, WaShington.)
Several ladies with new homes
and yards have asked for shrubs,
perennials, etc. I have a surplus of
double and single orange day lilies,
English blue bells, bittersweet. myr-
tie, English ivy, seeding syringia,
lavender, white and Persian lilac
and forsythia. Any one is welcome
to these who will come and get
them. Write me care of RICH.
Evening star., 1948-09-19

in general terms. On~a few Of the
controversial issues he has been
silent or has made equivocal state
ments open to varying interpre-
tations.
A compilation has been made of
direct statements by the New York
Governor on subjects most likely to
demand the attention Of the next
president. Wherever, possible they
were selected from his latest public
utterances although some of them
60 back to his campaign against
Roosevelt in 1914.
Where Stand Is in Doubt
On six important topics Mr.. Dewey
has been silent or has not made his
views unmistakably clear. These
are:
/. The quitclaim legislation, We
toed by President Truman, that
would turn over the rich Tideland
oil regions to the States. There is
no record of any statement by MIR
Dewey on this.
2. Federal subsidies for publicly
owned low rental housing. Mr.
Dewey has sponsored State aid for
low rent housing for the low income
Evening star., 1948-09-19
Watch the Border States If the Voting Is Close
BY Herman R. Allen

Maryland Missouri don't elect Senators this but
the the other five States might determine Senate control
In the presidential Republicans readyng their heaviest
assault Missouri President Tuman home Next in priority
their list Kentucky home State Senator Barkey the
Democratic vice presidential candidate.
The COP has also will intense
Carroll Republican national chair
running politicians feel
Republicans Tennessee than of
the other border States
Except possibly Maryland with the city of Baimores large
regarded
much of threat the other two parties the border States The
the ballot Missouri but this
action appealed courts
BY he
Evening star., 1948-09-19

want Americans to be reassured
that in case OF war they would not
retreat to North Africa. i.
A month ago, French Gen. Koenig
received orders-reminiscent OF
Churchin's famous phrase-that
aggression from the East must be
resisted on the Rhine. Obviously,
if the French could not pledge that
much, there would be little safe
guard against an easy Dunkerque.
A high French military authority
put it succinctly when an American
friend asked a year ago: How long
could France resist aggression?"
"As long as it would take a train
to go from Strasbourg to Biarritz. y
Today the answer is the same.
AS the French see it, only with
American help can their nation
play it's full role in western Europe.
they warn, must lend arms
to this frontline of democracy, and
do it soon-or else take the con-
sequences if the Colossus of the East
should strike.
(Chicago Daily News Foreign serviceo
Evening star., 1948-09-19

} It's q pleasant town. Downhill
from the Capitol State street Is pre-
vented from running into the river
by the beautiful Delaware & Hud-
son building. Also in the Richard
son tradition, 1t looks more like a
Flemish guildhall than a railroad
headquarters. On either side of the
street stand the Hotels Ten Eyck
and De Witt Clinton. There is no
evidence that they are housing i'm
portant people from all over the
country-here in hopes Of seeing
The Governor before he leaves for
Mondays opening blast in Des
Moines-but that is the fact. The
local telephone company betrays no
evidence that it is now. the focal
point of important people all over
who pick up the telephone and hope
to speak to the Governor of New
York. But that is also fact,
"Youd think the long-distance tele-
phone was for Free says a weary
Dewey aide.
Among the corps Of attendant
newspa permen playing or watching
the rummy game In the press room
on the third floor of the CapitoI-a
corps greatly augmented as the hour
approaches for the campaign trains
departure-are veterans who had
the same assignment in the summer
of 1882.
"You fellows back again?" said
the room clerk in mock dismay at
the Nelson House at Poughkeepsie-
100 miles down river when they
trooped in on him last weekend.
Thought we got rid of you when
Roosevelt died"
For to add to the condolences,
Gov. DeWey's farm near Pawling is
in the same county Dutchess) as
Hyde Park, the big estate that Presi-
dent Roosevelt eventually inherited
when his mother died. Now, as then,
when the Governor leaves Albany
for a week end, the reporters put
up at Poughkeepsie hotels on the
chance they may be summoned for
a press conference.
Press Sessions Brief
Here IN Albany important deci-
sions probably are being made which
will affect the national economy ii
Gov. Dewey is elected-as they were
made here in 1882 when, to take
one instance, M. L. Wilson sold Gov.
Roosevelt the acreage allotment
plan, the basis OF the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration. But
these are decisions the press does
Evening star., 1948-09-19

welt for the New York Times" SAID
one. The brain trusters, of course
were Raymond Moley. Rexford
Guy Tugwell and Adolph Berle
They were all professors at Colum-
bia. Roosevelt enjoyed the stimula-
ton of their ideas.
Coined Term Brain Trust
Jim was the first to call them
the brain trust. He said he had a
contest with the copy desk to get
it into the paper. He wrote it once
in a story snd it was crossed out.
He wrote it a second and third
time and it was crossed out. Finally
it slipped by. From then on the
term was an important one in polit-
ical language"
Mr.. Dewey has Intentionally kept
out of the press for days in the
period between the convention and
the start of the campaign.
Mr.. Roosevelt kept himself con-
stantly in the public eye from the
time he flew to Chicago to accept
the nomination. The dramatic
hearings that led to the resignation
Of James j. Walker followed. Their
there were the July cruises with his
sons In a small sailing craft with
interviews at Marblehead, Mass, ariu
Portsmouth, N. H. ~ y.
The depression was not the onl5
national problem. There was alsc
prohibition. Mrs. Roosevelt was a
prominent cry.
One Parallel Holds True
Roosevelt was a great one fot
sending up trial balloons" one of The
veteran reporters said. His son
Jimmie came out with a statement
that if mis- father was elected he
would call special session of Con-
gress to start the repeal of the
Eighteenth amendment. 1t was well
received
One parallel will hold true When
the campaign train starts tomorrow
When a New York State Governor
starts out to win a campaign fol
the presidency he sets out to capture
the West. To the tune of Happy
Days Are Here Again." a song OF
promise for the times were bleak
Mr.. Roosevelt set out about this
time and made his first speech in
Topeka, in an area that was already
becoming a dust bowl. Mr.. Dewey
starts out in a period of bumper
crops and full employment to re-
enact the drama of the winning oi
the west starting with the speech
at Des MONIES.
Evening star., 1948-09-19

Atlantic eaboard clear to the
string politicians
the border States"
Northern partly Southern in background these States
special election targets Republicans
sectional differences The usually fairly close
The States
Maryland Virginia Kentucky, Missouri, Okla
Mexico
defeat for either presidential
close the rest of the Nation There 3 electoral votes all
told.
Another element special interest this that the Democrats
United States